Forecast calls for up to a foot of snow in the Sierra
A storm is forecast to provide up to a foot of snow to higher points in the Sierra starting Monday, but flakes could fall as low as 3,500 feet, forecasters said. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory beginning at 11 a.m. on Monday and running through 5 a.m. Tuesday, according to Karl Swanberg, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. Hamed Aleaziz is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.