Caltrans 120/Yosemite configuration isn’t OK for larger trucks
Manteca Bulletin
Manteca is waiting on word from Caltrans that the new interchange the state designed for Yosemite Avenue and Highway 99 some 20 years after federal laws for truck trailers changed so they can proceed with improvements necessary to avoid tru...
Yosemite park gets $5.8 million donation
Fresno Bee
In a blow to the National Park Service, a federal appellate court Thursday upheld a Fresno judge's order that stopped 14 construction projects in Yosemite Valley. U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii ordered the park service in November 200...
$4M expected from feds for Highlands preservation
Morris County Daily Record
The Highlands are our Yosemite, and they deserve to get full federal funding.'' The bill also includes $1 million to expand the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge by 18 acres, $500,000 to Hopatcong for a clean-water project and $1.9 milli...
VIDEO ADDED: El Diamante beats up Redwood; in prime position for WYL ...
Visalia Times-Delta
El Diamante's stranglehold over the rest of the West Yosemite League continues, and it's getting closer to the point of being declared an El Diamante WYL Dynasty as the Miners close in on a third straight league title. What has to be dishea...
Yosemite Fund donates $5.8 million for trail repair, habitat ...
Merced Sun-Star
The Yosemite Fund donated $5.8 million in 2009 to help restore trails and wildlife habitat at Yosemite National Park, the National Park Service said Monday in a press release. The nonprofit group presented a check to acting park superintend...
Hungry bears prefer pawing through minivans
Omaha World-Herald
FRESNO, Calif. — There are plenty of luxury cars and shiny SUVs parked in Yosemite National Park, but it’s no surprise to federal officials that the humble minivan is the vehicle of choice for bears who want a midnight snack. A study made p...
'Sin City' changes will take a village
Fresno Bee
Yosemite Village expands in southwest Fresno Holding her infant daughter in her arms, Michelle Costales called the newly refurbished and expanded Yosemite Village housing development in southwest Fresno a haven in her life. "I can see mysel...
Briefs: Savannah Music Festival boasts eclectic lineup
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
What's bigger than a picnic basket and even better than one in the eyes of black bears that call Yosemite National Park home? Minivans driven by families with children who leave behind a trail of spilled juice boxes, Cheerios and coolers ca...
Make My Day
American Reporter
I explained as calmly as I could, without sounding like Yosemite Sam in a hysterical frenzy. My youngest daughter and I had gone into McDonald's to get an iced tea, and a water for my youngest daughter. The rest of the family just wanted to...
Bureaucrats hijack Yosemite bike race
Clovis Independent
Movie director Ken Burns and PBS teamed up recently to peddle the six-episode idea that America’s national parks belong to all of us. While this populist sentiment is appealing, it is a bald-faced lie. The national parks — and Yosemite, in ...
Yosemite bears love minivans
Times Union
What's bigger than a picnic basket and even better than one in the eyes of black bears that live in Yosemite National Park? A study published this month in the Journal of Mammalogy says it's minivans driven by families with children who lea...
Study: Bears Know Minivans Are Their Meal Ticket
NPR News
Minivans may not get a second look on city streets but it's a different story in Yosemite Park, where black bears keep an eye out for them. Park scientists say one thing that likely attracts the bears: the scent of sodas, chips and other sn...