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Flood threat prompts rare closure of Yosemite Valley in California

By Steve Gorman and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Most of the vast, scenic valley at the heart of Yosemite National Park in California will close to visitors this weekend in a rare…

April 25, 2023

Extreme Yosemite rain eases drought but disrupts wildlife habitats

By Cath Turner YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (Reuters) – After a winter of epic storms in California, Yosemite National Park’s famous waterfalls are in full flow, its reservoirs are brimming, and the…

March 1, 2023

Major glaciers, including Dolomites and Yosemite, to disappear by 2050 – U.N. report

PARIS (Reuters) – Some of the world’s most famous glaciers, including in the Dolomites in Italy, the Yosemite and Yellowstone parks in the United States and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are set…

November 3, 2022

Defendant in Yosemite National Park Sexual Assault Case Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison

FRESNO, Calif. — Charles Porter, 32, formerly of Pomona, was sentenced today to 12 years and four months in prison for attempted aggravated sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, assault with intent to…

October 28, 2022

Jury Finds Merced Man Guilty of Sexual Assault in Yosemite National Park

FRESNO, Calif. — After a six–day trial, a federal jury found Ramonchito Racion, 52, of Merced, guilty today of one count of attempted sexual abuse and one count of abusive sexual contact,…

September 28, 2022

San Rafael Man Visiting Yosemite Charged with Domestic Violence

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Stefan Niels Weiste Kirkeby, 59, of San Rafael, charging him with domestic violence within the special maritime and territorial…

August 19, 2022

Firefighters start to contain raging California wildfire near Yosemite

By Sharon Bernstein MARIPOSA, Calif. -Firefighters on Monday finally started to control California’s largest wildfire so far this year, halting its eastward expansion toward nearby Yosemite National Park while thousands of people…

July 27, 2022

California’s Oak Fire spreads uncontained toward Yosemite

By Daniel Trotta and Rich McKay (Reuters) -Firefighters deployed air tankers, bulldozers and hand crews to battle a fast-moving wildfire just west of Yosemite National Park on Sunday that suddenly and unpredictably…

July 24, 2022

Los Angeles Area Man Charged with Assaulting Rangers in Yosemite National Park

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Robert Anthony Mendoza Jr., 23, of Pico Rivera, charging him with assaulting a federal officer resulting in bodily injury…

July 14, 2022

Giant sequoias may benefit from fire in California’s Yosemite, official says

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – The fire in California’s Yosemite National Park may benefit some of the world’s oldest giant sequoias by helping release seeds and clear debris from the forest floor,…

July 13, 2022

Firefighters start to contain blaze in California’s Yosemite

(Reuters) – About four days after a wildfire started in Yosemite National Park, firefighters in California have begun to contain the blaze, which has threatened some of the oldest giant sequoia trees…

July 11, 2022

Yosemite wildfire smoke chokes national park’s views and air quality

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A wildfire threatening some of the world’s oldest giant sequoia trees in California’s Yosemite National Park expanded five-fold over the weekend as smoke prompted air quality alerts throughout…

July 11, 2022

Part of California’s Yosemite closed as wildfire threatens sequoias

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -A wildfire forced the closure of part of California’s Yosemite National Park on Friday and threatened some of the largest and oldest giant sequoia trees in the world…

July 8, 2022

Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Yosemite National Park Sexual Assault

FRESNO, Calif. — After a three-day trial, a jury found Charles Porter, 31, a resident of Yosemite National Park and Pomona, guilty today of attempted aggravated sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, assault…

April 6, 2022

Travel: Yosemite National Park’s Must-See Spots – Travel Channel

If you only have a day or two in Yosemite National Park, don’t miss these sites. Rob and Corinne from ThreadBanger explore some of Yosemite’s top attractions. (Bonus: You can see most…

December 1, 2019

Shock Rock Singer Arrested After Alleged Crime Spree in Mariposa County

MARIPOSA, Calif. — The lead singer of a Los Angeles-based shock rock band was arrested last week after allegedly committing a series of crimes that left residents and visitors in Mariposa County…

August 26, 2024

U.S. hit by blazing heat, smoky air, tropical storm all at once

By Brendan O’Brien and Julia Harte (Reuters) -The United States is experiencing with a range of unusual weather, from a tropical storm in Hawaii to record-breaking heat across its Sun Belt states…

July 18, 2023

Southern California braces for wind and rain after rare snowfall

By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) – After a rare snowfall dusted Los Angeles on Saturday, Southern California is bracing for a series of weak storms that will bring wind and rain this week…

March 3, 2023

Thousands without power as California storms bring rain, snow and cold

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – Nearly 85,000 households and businesses were without power in the Los Angeles area on Saturday, as storms continued to pummel parts of California, bringing snow to higher…

February 26, 2023

California woman accused of collecting benefits in infamous killers’ names

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Californian woman has been charged with obtaining more than $145,000 in fraudulent unemployment benefits, some of that money under the names of notorious killers…

October 19, 2022

Man sought in California kidnapping attempts suicide, family missing

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A man sought in connection with the kidnapping of four family members from central California was in custody on Tuesday after attempting to take his own…

October 18, 2022

Wildfires are destroying California’s forest carbon credit reserves -study

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – Carbon offsets generated from forests to counteract future climate-warming emissions from California’s big polluters are rapidly being depleted as trees are ravaged by wildfire and disease, new…

August 8, 2022

Giant sequoias survived a California wildfire. Next time, they may not be so lucky

By Travis Hartman, Ally Levine and Anurag Rao (Reuters) – For millennia, giant sequoias – the largest trees on Earth – have resisted and relied on fire. But today’s wildfires are far…

August 3, 2022

California forest fire kills 2, rainfall helps fight flames

By Nathan Frandino YREKA, Calif. -Two bodies were found inside a burned-out car in the path of a huge northern California forest fire raging near the Oregon border, authorities said on Monday,…

August 1, 2022

Fast-moving wildfire in northern California forces residents to evacuate

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The fast-moving McKinney Fire in northern California near the Oregon border has forced 2,000 residents to evacuate and has destroyed homes and critical infrastructure since it broke out…

August 1, 2022

Flood threat prompts rare closure of Yosemite Valley in California

Extreme Yosemite rain eases drought but disrupts wildlife habitats

Major glaciers, including Dolomites and Yosemite, to disappear by 2050 – U.N. report

Defendant in Yosemite National Park Sexual Assault Case Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison

Jury Finds Merced Man Guilty of Sexual Assault in Yosemite National Park

San Rafael Man Visiting Yosemite Charged with Domestic Violence

Firefighters start to contain raging California wildfire near Yosemite

California’s Oak Fire spreads uncontained toward Yosemite

Los Angeles Area Man Charged with Assaulting Rangers in Yosemite National Park

Giant sequoias may benefit from fire in California’s Yosemite, official says

Firefighters start to contain blaze in California’s Yosemite

Yosemite wildfire smoke chokes national park’s views and air quality

Part of California’s Yosemite closed as wildfire threatens sequoias

Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Yosemite National Park Sexual Assault

Travel: Yosemite National Park’s Must-See Spots – Travel Channel

Shock Rock Singer Arrested After Alleged Crime Spree in Mariposa County

U.S. hit by blazing heat, smoky air, tropical storm all at once

Southern California braces for wind and rain after rare snowfall

California woman accused of collecting benefits in infamous killers’ names

Man sought in California kidnapping attempts suicide, family missing

Wildfires are destroying California’s forest carbon credit reserves -study

Giant sequoias survived a California wildfire. Next time, they may not be so lucky

California forest fire kills 2, rainfall helps fight flames

Fast-moving wildfire in northern California forces residents to evacuate

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