Monday May 13 | Ventura County Star
Our beautiful Yosemite Valley was formed, in part, by glaciers. Half dome used to be a whole dome, the missing half carried away by a river of ice.
The 1,700 acres in the mountains of northeastern Sonoma County became a nature preserve earlier this year when the estate of Shirley and Jim Modini, who had lived and loved the ranch for the 60 years of their marriage, was settled.
American Recreation Coalition Critical Of Yosemite Valley Plan
Yosemite Valley can feel like a bustling town at times, with traffic jams, wailing emergency sirens, and tour buses and tractor-trailer trucks snaking along the roads.
Briefs -- Published May 3, 2013
Yosemite National Park's Glacier Point Road is scheduled to open for the season at noon today, park officials announced Wednesday.
Editor's note: The following is a portion of a letter sent to Yosemite National Park superintendent Don Neubaucher, by Max Rodriguez, chairman of the Madera County Board of Supervisors regarding the Merced River Management Plan.
Yosemite's Glacier Point Road set to open
The road to one of the most beautiful lookout points in Yosemite National Park is set to open after the last of the snow has cleared.
Pacific Crest Trail: CA Section 21
TUOLUMNE MEADOWS to SONORA PASS: This 65.8-mile section travels the remote regions of Yosemite.
Op-Ed: Yosemite, The Fate Of Heaven Revisited
Tuesday is the final day to comment on a draft plan for managing the Yosemite Valley in the best interests of the Merced River.
Even urbanites can navigate popular Yosemite park
Yosemite Chapel in Yosemite National Park in California is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Merced River Plan: Park Service proposal provides a sustainable future for Yosemite
As a former Yosemite National Park ranger who spent nearly four decades protecting and preserving one of our country's greatest natural gems, I have seen how this park has created life-long memories for visitors, whether they visited the remote back-country wilderness or the easily accessible Yosemite Valley.
Even urbanites can navigate a park like Yosemite
The vista of Yosemite Valley stunned me: a majestic waterfall, soaring granite, and a winding river flowing through an endless stretch of pine trees.
Carlsbad Family Hiking 211 Miles in Loved One's Honor
Aron Grunner graduated from Valley Middle School, CHS and SDSU. Aron had a degree in communications and loved the outdoors.
Drug Busts Going Up in Yosemite
The Investigative Unit's Elyce Kirchner uncovers citations and arrests for drug-related issues in Yosemite climbing over the past five years and compares those numbers to other popular national parks.
'Going to the Woods Is Going Home'
Sierra Club founder and nature writer John Muir spent years in the Yosemite Valley, an area he was instrumental in preserving as a state park, before it finally became the Yosemite National Park we know today.
Dave Long: Spillway project will hardly 'endanger' Merced River
That is the only word to describe the news this week that American Rivers, based in Washington, D.C., has put the Merced River on its list of endangered rivers.