California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith announced that the department has been notified of a presumptive positive case of plague contracted by a recent visitor to California from Georgia. Confirmatory testing is being conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

At approximately 5:00 a.m. this morning, a limb from an oak tree fell in Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite Valley, striking a tent in which two minors were sleeping. Park Rangers responded to the campground to provide medical assistance, yet both minors were deceased. http://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/fallen-tree-limb-causes-two-fatalities-in-yosemite-national-park.htm

alifornia Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith today announced that the department, working closely with Yosemite National Park, successfully reduced the risk of plague transmission at Crane Flat Campground in Yosemite. The campground, which had been closed for four nights to allow for …

California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith today announced the department is investigating a case of human plague in California, and conducting an environmental evaluation in the Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park and the surrounding areas. http://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/california-department-of-public-health-investigates-human-plague-case.htm

A historic rededication ceremony on the Tioga Road, conducted exactly 100 years after the original dedication ceremony, was held in Yosemite National Park yesterday. Former First Lady Laura Bush, Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher, and Yosemite Conservancy Vice President Jerry Edelbrock participated in the reenactment ceremony. Highlights of the …

The El Portal Road (continuation of Highway 140) into Yosemite National Park will re-open at 6:00 p.m. this evening to all vehicular traffic. Intermittent traffic delays are possible due to on-going clean-up operations. Read More …

Yosemite National Park is restoring the federally endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog to alpine lakes within the park. The yellow-legged frog was once the most common frog in mountain lakes throughout the Sierra Nevada, but introduced predators and diseases caused their population to decline by over 95 percent. Park experts …

Jim Perez shares advice for how to stay out of the sand, and on the green.

Experts say summer break can hurt your child’s learning by encouraging them to forget. Here’s how to avoid the so-called "summer slide."

It is something we all experience. We get the latest phone or tech device and before we learn how to use it, there’s a new one on the market. Think about the challenges this poses for technology teachers and the technicians who must maintain it. Juanita Stevenson breaks down what …

     Breaking and entering is a homeowner’s worst nightmare.  But with smart planing, help from neighbors and even assistance from police, break-ins can be prevented.   Maria Knizevski of Clovis doesn’t leave town without letting her neighbors know.  And sometimes she even lets the police department know.  She locked her windows and …

Before this week, gunshots in some of Fresno’s most crime-ridden areas could go unreported, unnoticed and undetected. Not anymore. A gunshot detection program called Shot Spotter is changing the way Fresno police officers learn about and respond to gun violence. "We have a technological system in place today that will …

A man is dead in an officer involved shooting in Atwater after police say the man rushed at them with a knife, according to Lt. Sammy Joseph with the Atwater Police Department. The suspect died on scene. He has not been identified. It happened around 2:19 p.m. Monday after a vehicle pursuit …