Emigrant Gap News

Seven months have passed since a small, private plane fell from the sky just after taking off from the Watsonville Municpal Airport but the final report about the crash landing into the Watsonville Community Hospital campus that claimed a Santa Cruz family remains incomplete.

Locals can expect to slow for flashing lights as Caltrans starts on basic roadside maintenance along Highway 49 and Interstate 80.

EMIGRANT GAP - Edith Atienza is visiting all the way from Florida to get a taste of a real winter, but there was no winter wonderland waiting for her in the Sierra.

The recent cold temperatures have made it possible to run snow guns 24 hours a day at Sugar Bowl, keeping snowmaking crews busy in an effort to open the Donner Summit resort full time.