The flag, which is considered a distress signal, was placed at an elevation of nearly 7,000 feet in Tahoe National Forest. Local residents speculate that rock climbers may have affixed the flag to ...

An upside-down flag symbolizes distress, and the Donner sight is reminiscent of a momentous spectacle that unfolded six weeks ago in Yosemite Valley. That was when, in the midst of the federal ...