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Steven P. Medley, longtime President of the Yosemite Association, died in a single vehicle automobile accident this morning while traveling to work in Yosemite National Park. He was 55 years old. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/steve1005.htm

An experienced rock climber fell to his death Monday, October 23, 2006, while climbing near Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite Valley. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/skinner1024.htm

Hirofumi Nohara, 37, slipped and fell while ascending the Half Dome cables on June 16, 2007 at around 2:30pm. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/halfdomefall2007.htm

A local fisherman was found dead in Yosemite National Park near Windy Point, along Highway 140 this morning. Keith Robinson, 62, of Midpines, left his home after work to fish in Yosemite on August 17, 2009. When he failed to return home the next morning he was reported overdue to …

Jeff Maurer, a Wildlife Biologist at Yosemite National Park, died Sunday, August 30, after falling from the Third Pillar, a technical rock climbing route on Mount Dana. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/maurer.htm

A twenty eight year old climber died in a rock climbing accident on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park yesterday afternoon, Sunday, June 2, 2013. Felix Joseph Kiernan, from London, England, was climbing on the East Buttress of El Capitan, a popular climbing route in Yosemite Valley, when he was …

A woman was struck and killed by a falling tree in Yosemite National Park on Sunday morning March 5, 2017,  The tragic accident occurred in Half Dome Village, in Yosemite Valley, at around 10:00 a.m. yesterday morning, amid heavy snow and high winds. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/treefallincident.htm

A proposed tax on California’s drinking water, designed to clean up contaminated water for thousands of Californians, was abandoned by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders Friday as part of … Click to Continue »

A 62-year-old woman died Thursday, about a day after she was struck by a car in Merced while crossing a street in a wheelchair, a Merced Police Department official said. … Click to Continue »

Authorities are investigating the death of a 38-year-old Modesto man in the custody of Stanislaus County Sheriff’s deputies Saturday. According to a news release, the man, whose name is not … Click to Continue »

A man died early Friday morning on Highway 99 after he was reportedly hit several times, according to California Highway Patrol. Shortly after 1 a.m., CHP Merced officers responded to … Click to Continue »

A man died Saturday night after he reportedly jumped off a bridge on Highway 99 in Merced, according to California Highway Patrol. CHP Merced received a call reporting the incident … Click to Continue »

A male driver believed to be in his 50s died Tuesday morning after an SUV carrying his family crashed upside down into a canal at the corner of Nickel Road and Sand Slough Road between Los Banos and Merced, CHP Los Banos Officer Dean Emehiser said. Two children between the …