The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 2 and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) strongly recommend motorists carry tire chains while traveing in snow prone areas.

Chain controls are in effect in large portions of the Sierra and Lake Tahoe areas. Caltrans and the CHP set the requirements for chain controls, which vary depending on the conditions.

For eastbound I-80 traffic, chains are required on all vehicles except for four-wheel-drive with snow tires on all four wheels from Nyack in Placer County to Truckee, Caltrans says.

Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Colfax to the Nevada State Line. I-80 is back open in both directions with chain controls.

These were updated at 5 p.m. Thursday. Going north of Redding on I-5: Chain controls at Fawndale Road, north of Redding in Shasta County, were lifted, the CHP said.

In areas where chains are required, the speed limit is 25 or 30 miles an hour, the Caltrans website states. If you do not abide by the speed limit, you can also be cited for speeding regardless of ...

TWIN BRIDGES — A man was hit by a car while he was putting chains on his own vehicle's tires on Highway 50 in El Dorado County, officials said Friday. The California Highway Patrol's South Lake ...