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Yosemite National Park is open, however visitor services are limited due to the lapse in federal appropriations. During the government shutdown, national parks are working to remain as open and accessible to the American people as possible.   https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/visitor-services-are-limited-inside-yosemite-national-park-due-to-the-lapse-in-federal-appropriations.htm

Yosemite National Park remains open, however there will be limited access to the park along the Highway 41 corridor from the South Entrance to the Badger Pass Road during the hours of highest visitation due to continuing issues with human waste and resource damage.  https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/access-to-yosemite-national-park-will-be-limited-along-the-highway-41-corridor-due-to-the-lapse-in-federal-appropriations.htm

Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada foothills are home to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, but the tribe has been enmeshed in a decades-long battle for recognition by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. To learn more about the current status of that fight, and how it’s been shaped by COVID-19, Valley …

State legislators have fast-tracked Senate Bill 1, the California Environmental, Public Health and Workers Defense Act of 2019. It is sweeping legislation that would lock current standards in place through January 20, 2025, the last day of Donald Trump’s presidency if he were to win a second term. Proponents see …

As of this week, the partial government shutdown means many federal employees are going without a paycheck, some of whom are right here in the San Joaquin Valley. Reporter Alexandra Jaffe with VICE News Tonight on HBO came out to Fresno to hold a roundtable discussion with workers from the …

When we talk about healthcare in this country, one of the most common complaints is the price tag—monthly prescriptions that chip away at retirement savings and emergency procedures that can cause bankruptcy. With a new law that just went into effect this month, the federal government is trying to tackle …

An inmate at U.S. Penitentiary, Atwater, suffered “non-life-threatening” injuries early Thursday and a staff member also suffered a minor injury during an incident, prison officials reported. Few details were available. … Click to Continue »

An inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater received medical treatment recently after being assaulted by two other inmates, prison officials announced Saturday. The attack happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday, … Click to Continue »

A former Los Banos High English teacher who claimed he was harassed by administrators after he spoke out against the superintendent has settled a federal lawsuit against the Los Banos … Click to Continue »

Sacramento television stations are reporting that agents with the federal Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General are conducting a search at the Lodi Parachute Center in Acampo. Gina … Click to Continue »

A Mexican citizen who’d been living in Dos Palos pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to “manufacturing” massive amounts of marijuana in the Sequoia National Forest, which caused major damage … Click to Continue »

A man and woman from Atwater have been indicted in a federal mortgage fraud conspiracy case, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday. John Ballard, 55, and Judy Calderon Ballard, 54, … Click to Continue »

Legislation under committee consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday moves to strip great wolves in the western Great Lakes states of protections they enjoy under the Endangered … Click to Continue »