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Yosemite National Park staff began the search today for Ssmyn (Ess-meen”) Barrios.  https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/barrios1.htm

Yosemite National Park will start debris pile burning tomorrow, October 22, 2010. Pile burning locations will include Tamarack Flat Campground, Crane Flat Campground, the communities of Foresta, El Portal, and Wawona, and along portions of the Wawona Road. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/burnpiles10.htm

Yosemite National Park will start debris pile burning Monday, May 16, 2011. Pile burning locations will initially include Foresta, a small community surrounded by the park. Future pile burning will occur in the Merced Grove, as well as multiple areas along the Wawona Road such as, Bills Hill, Camp Wawona, …

Yosemite National Park will begin work on several park roads, beginning next Monday, June 13, 2011. The majority of the work will occur in the El Portal area, including Old El Portal, Rancheria, El Portal Trailer Court, the El Portal office areas, and the El Portal Road. Work will also …

Yosemite National Park will start debris pile burning today, October 5, 2011. Pile burning locations will initially include the communities of Foresta, El Portal, and Wawona. Other pile burning locations include Chinquapin, the Merced Grove, the Mariposa Grove, and along many park roads throughout the park. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/pileburning2011b.htm

The 2013 Fire Season in Yosemite National Park will begin on Monday, May 20, 2013. Fire season officially begins when seasonal firefighting equipment and personnel are in place, prepared and ready to respond. Additionally, grasses and other vegetation at the lower elevations have begun to dry out. This year, vegetation …

Yosemite National Park road crews have begun clearing debris caused by a rockfall on Thursday morning, January, 7, at 5:45 a.m. that closed the El Portal Road (Highway 140) in Yosemite National Park. The rockfall triggered several large boulders and debris to block access to Yosemite Valley via Highway 140. …

Yosemite National Park will have a new primary concessioner tomorrow, March 1, 2016. Yosemite Hospitality LLC begins its 15-year contract to provide lodging, retail, recreational services, and food to over four million annual visitors to Yosemite. Yosemite Hospitality LLC was selected to be the park’s new primary concessioner in June …

About a month ago, in mid-October, Tulare Regional Medical Center was in the middle of a makeover. In less than a week, it was due to reopen, after closing abruptly a year earlier due to mismanagement. New pavement was still drying and workers in forklifts were painting the whole building …

Perhaps it isn’t surprising that the Eastern Elliptio – and other varieties of freshwater mussels – have disappeared from many streams and rivers in Maryland without a flicker of notice … Click to Continue »

Part of the old El Capitan Hotel began to come down on Thursday, showing some of the first signs of a changing face for downtown Merced. The former apartment building … Click to Continue »

Christopher Goodwin, a 21-year veteran of the Merced Police Department, has been named interim police chief. The announcement came early Tuesday in a brief news release from Merced City Manager … Click to Continue »

Starting Wednesday, Merced residents seeking passports need go no further than the County Administration Building on M Street. Barbara Levey, Merced County registrar of voters, and her staff have been … Click to Continue »