Tuesday Morning Topline: I-80 Closed Again In Sierra

"Today's round of storminess could bring hail in some spots and possible thunder, and there was a winter weather advisory issued for the Santa Clara hills. Thanks to a cold blast out of Alaska, snow is expected to fall on Mount Hamilton, as well as on Mount Diablo in the East Bay, and Mount St. Helena in the North Bay. [Chronicle] I-80 was closed again Tuesday morning between Colfax and the Nevada state line."

"The closure came amid low visibility and increasingly heavy snow, which was causing spinouts. [MyNews4 / Chronicle] Happy Mardi Gras to those who celebrate! Actor Shia LaBoeuf, clearly having fallen off the wagon in recent weeks while hanging out in New Orleans, was arrested last night after getting into some sort of fight in a bar. [Rolling Stone] The Reverend Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. [KTVU]"

"President Trump praised Jackson as a "good man," said he disliked Barack Obama. [NY Daily News] WestJet, Canada's second-largest airline, is cutting its summertime service between SFO and Vancouver, as well as flights to Edmonton. [SF Business Times] The crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, NY-bsed Gemini Space Station Inc., has just lost three top executives following an IPO and the plunge in crypto prices overall. [Bloomberg] Xitter is back up after experiencing a brief outage on Monday. [Reuters]"

A cold blast from Alaska will bring hail and snow to the Bay Area, prompting a winter weather advisory for Santa Clara hills. Snow is forecast on local peaks. I-80 closed between Colfax and the Nevada state line amid low visibility and heavy snow causing spinouts. Actor Shia LaBoeuf was arrested in New Orleans after a bar fight. Reverend Jesse Jackson died at 84; President Trump called Jackson a "good man" and said he disliked Barack Obama. WestJet is cutting summer service between SFO and Vancouver. Gemini lost three top executives after an IPO and crypto declines. Xitter recovered after an outage.

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