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07/16/11 Due to numerous no-shows among Half Dome permit holders, Yosemite National Park will release more permits to climb the granite landmark by the cables route the day before the intended hike.
07/14/11 Phoenix Lake photographer Jim Caywood has crossed paths with everyone from Ansel Adams to Elvis Presley and John F. Kennedy during a career that has taken him across most of the United States and parts of Europe. Caywood, 74, spent six years of his childhood in Yosemite National Park. His father worked for the National Park Service and moved the family there in 1949, when Caywood was 11 years old.
07/13/11 San Francisco, CA On July 24, 2011, over 75 hikers will begin the third annual Muirs March trek across Yosemite National Park to raise awareness and advocate for the restoration of the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Participants in the Muir's March fundraiser will be stepping out in style thanks to a generous donation by Hi-Tec...
07/07/11 By MOLLY TOWNSEND The Union Democrat With plans to visit Los Angeles during their stay in California, the rumor mill is still churning that a visit to Yosemite National Park could be in store for Prince William and Kate Middleton. Nanci Sikes, executive director of the Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau, still has high hopes the couple will make a brief stop in Yosemite, provided they can fit it ...
07/06/11 Puppy Dome is a rock outcrop near Tuolumne Meadow in Yosemite National Park, Calif. The dome was often my weekend destination years ago when I was an avid Puppy Dome rock climber and lived four hours away.
07/06/11 Greg Meyer and his friend Richard Fox were killed last week while trying to cross the Wapama Falls Bridge in Yosemite National Park.
07/05/11 A family lost more than a husband, father, son and brother when Dr. Greg Meyer of Merced died last week while trying to rescue a friend and colleague in Yosemite National Park.Meyer, 53, and physician assistant Richard Fox, 53, were swept to their deaths while trying to cross a bridge at Wapama Falls, swollen by near-record ice melt. Meyer was trying to save Fox, who'd lost his footing, says his ...
07/01/11 Yosemite, CA -- Yosemite National Park is hoping that attendance continues to increase, but that the number of cars that enters the park decreases. Starting today the park is debuting a "Park
06/30/11 Yosemite, CA -- One person is confirmed and another is suspected dead after a hiking trip in Yosemite National Park Wednesday. The unidentified men were walking across the Wapama Bridge near
06/29/11 STOCKTON - Two men, described as being in their late 20's, and from Southern California, died at Yosemite National Park Wednesday.
06/27/11 The just-concluded spring monitoring season by UC Berkeley's Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project Fisher Team included the first known fisher den tree location in Yosemite National Park, and video of two fisher kits inside their den.
06/24/11 Rescue crews are scaling back their weeklong search in Yosemite National Park for a Southern California man who went out on a day hike and never came back.
06/21/11 The search continues in Yosemite National Park for missing hiker George Penca, who was last seen at the top of Yosemite Falls on Friday, June 17. Due to the fact that the area has been thoroughly searched by personnel and dogs, the terrain is rugged and steep, and no clues have been found, search efforts are being scaled back.
06/21/11 Yosemite Valley, CA-- The search continues in Yosemite National Park for missing hiker George Penca. The Southern California resident was last seen at the top of Yosemite Falls on Friday,
06/20/11 Yosemite, CA -- A man is missing in Yosemite National Park. Park officials say George Penca of Hawthorne, California was last seen Friday near Upper Yosemite Falls Trail. The 30-year-old left
06/20/11 Rescuers resumed their search Monday for a Hawthorne man who failed to return from a day hike in Yosemite National Park, a spokeswoman said. A dozen helicopters, 74 ground teams and six search dogs are looking for George Penca, 30,...
06/15/11 Yosemite Valley, CA-- Tioga Pass Road at Yosemite National Park will open for the season this weekend. The Highway 120 road will open this Saturday at 8:00 am., allowing visitors to enter through
06/15/11 In this July 30, 2008 file photo, female inmate firefighters hike to cut fireline on the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Park near Mariposa, Calif. California officials are struggling to save a program that puts 4,300 state prison inmates on the front lines fighting wildfires each year.
06/15/11 For Heidi Schlichting, formerly of Montague, life as a protection-law enforcement park ranger at Yosemite National Park in central California keeps her busy, challenged and happy.
06/15/11 In this July 30, 2008 file photo, female inmate firefighters hike to cut fireline on the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Park near Mariposa, Calif. California officials are struggling to save a program that puts 4,300 state prison inmates on the front lines fighting wildfires each year.
06/14/11 Yosemite National Park's avalanche control team has a particularly big job this year, blowing up mountains of snow along Tioga Road to clear the way for summer tourists. | 
