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The wraps came off a new streamgage and interpretive station at a popular streamside location in Yosemite National Park today. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/higs.htm

The Tioga and Glacier Point Roads in Yosemite National Park will close to all vehicular traffic beginning at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 due to incoming winter weather. The road will reopen as weather and road conditions permit. This is not necessarily a seasonal closure. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/tioga-and-glacier-point-roads-in-yosemite-national-park-will-close-beginning-at-6-00-pm-tuesday-november-20-2018-due-to-incoming-winter-weather.htm

Due to an incoming winter storm system, the Glacier Point Road in Yosemite National Park will close to all vehicular traffic beginning at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Glacier Point Road will remain closed until the storm system passes and the road can be evaluated for hazards. The …

Pete Oliver likes to say that his small green Army jeep is older than he is, and he’s 76. But it still runs well after a few starts, and he uses it to drive around his small farm west of downtown Fresno. On this day, he takes the jeep out …

Shipments of more than 15,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine promised to the San Joaquin Valley have been delayed this week, thanks to severe weather that has snarled shipping and distribution networks in the central and eastern parts of the country. “All of our doses for last week were held …

Medevac helicopters transport patients to hospitals that can provide them with the best care. So when a helicopter meant to save lives crashes, it can feel doubly wrong. Four years ago, a medevac helicopter crash near McFarland sent shock waves through the first responder community and made headlines all over …

Last month the Carr Fire near Redding exploded overnight in what some people have called a “fire-nado” – with extreme rotating winds that toppled high tension power lines and wrapped metal posts around trees. It was the most extreme case of extreme fire behavior people have seen in California in …

Saturday’s rainfall in Merced County is expected to be heavy, but officials don’t anticipate any major problems. The heaviest rain will fall between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. Saturday, National … Click to Continue »

This weekend’s kite festival takes flight Sunday in Livingston and won’t be stopped by the wet weather that hit the Valley on Friday and Saturday, an event organizer said. “Actually … Click to Continue »

Those severe winter storms that have been plaguing the East Coast might be linked to a rapidly warming Arctic, according to a new study on Arctic temperatures and extreme weather … Click to Continue »

Showers and gusty winds are expected in Merced County through Saturday, weather officials report, and will only let up for a couple days before the next system rolls in. “We … Click to Continue »

Scientists have some sobering news about the future of our planet: Even if humans manage to meet the temperature target set forth in the Paris climate change agreement, record-breaking weather … Click to Continue »

The storms have passed and California’s dry winter has returned, raising the specter that the state could be entering another drought less than a year after the last one officially … Click to Continue »