One person is dead and three others were injured following an avalanche at a ski resort near Lake Tahoe, officials said.
It was reported at 9:30 a.m. at Palisades Tahoe ski resort.
According to Placer County Sheriff's Sergeant Dave Smith, patrol and mountain operations teams shut down both sides of the mountain for the day as they performed a search.
The Placer County Sheriff's Department later identified the deceased man as 66-year-old Kenneth Kidd.
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"Our heart felt condolences go out to the family and friends of Mr. Kidd," the office wrote in a post on X.
Authorities say the search has concluded.
LA's Afternoon News spoke with avoid skier Steve Merrifield, who runs Demo Sport, a ski supply company in the Bay Area, to understand how this rare occurrence could have happened.
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