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Even with that approach there will still be fires, they would just be less likely to start at the crest of the sierras and stop at the Central Valley, he said.

From The Guardian Nov. 18, 2018

Our water comes from Hetch Hetchy in the sierras.

From New York Times Dec. 29, 2017

When the sierras received more precipitation and were frequently snow covered, this animal is believed to have occurred in the soil on the surface.

From Scientific American Aug. 31, 2017

He’ll be remembered as much if not more as a tragic caudillo, a reminder that revolutionaries are usually a lot less romantic when they come down from the sierras and govern.

From Time Nov. 26, 2016

The train clicked by the Union Stock Yards, doubly pungent in the day’s strange warmth, and skirted sierras of black coal capped with grimy melting snow.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson