Two Nevada City police officers who were at the scene of a crash were sent to the hospital early Sunday morning after they were hit by a suspected DUI driver, police said.

Two officers with the Nevada City Police Department continue to recover after being struck by a DUI driver while helping another driver who had struck a bear on Sunday morning. Just before 1 a.m., the officers were on southbound Highway 49 near the Broad Street onramp setting road flares to alert oncoming drivers

California residents are bracing for an early winter storm that is predicted to dust the Sierra Madre with snow, according to the National Weather Service.

California issued its earliest snow advisory in the past 20 years with an alert early this week for residents in the Sierra Nevada, according to the National Weather Service. From Sunday to Monday,