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Palisades Tahoe received 38” of snow in 24 hours on Feb. 28, 2023. (Home pictured is not the property referenced in the story.)
The extreme winter storm battering the Sierra and large swaths of California has resulted in the death of an 80-year-old woman in Placer County, authorities confirmed to SFGATE Wednesday.
Lois Barton, of Foresthill, died Tuesday after the snow porch of her home collapsed on her under several feet of snow. Three feet of snow had fallen on parts of Placer County in just 24 hours preceding the tragedy.
