The Tioga Road (Highway 120 east of the Crane Flat Gas Station), the Glacier Point Road, and the Mariposa Grove Road in Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closing tonight, Thursday, November 3, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. A winter weather advisory has been issued and will be in effect from …
Read More »Yosemite National Park to Implement a Pilot Overnight Climbing Permit System Beginning on Friday, May 21, 2021
All visitors planning to overnight on any rock climbing routes in Yosemite National Park will be required to obtain an overnight wilderness climbing permit beginning on May 21, 2021. This pilot program is being implemented to better understand how park visitors use Yosemite’s big walls and to help improve climbing …
Read More »Six Merced County dairies robbed overnight. Suspects sought.
Two men robbed six rural dairies in Merced County early Thursday, assaulting several employees, but making off with very little in the way of money and property, the Sheriff’s Office … Click to Continue »
Read More »Detwiler Fire near Lake McClure grows to 7,100 acres overnight
The Detwiler Fire near Lake McClure had grown to 7,100 acres by Monday morning, with evacuation orders for residents along multiple roads. Cal Fire reported the fire just before 4 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Investigators seek suspects in overnight suspicious fire
Merced City Fire Department and Merced Police Department are seeking suspects believed to be involved in an early-morning suspicious fire. The fire department received the alarm just after 2 a.m. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Crews Battling Overnight Fire in Chowchilla
Crews are battling a house fire on Robertson Blvd off of Avenue 22 1/2 in Chowchilla. Neighbors report hearing fireworks and lightning before the fire started. The fire started around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. One person was inside the house when the fire started. Reports indicate that one firefighter has been …
Read More »Overnight fire on North Hagler
A house fire in northwest Fresno nearly took everything. It started just after midnight, on the 400 block of North Hagler, but quick thinking from a trio of Fresno Police officers now has them being called heroes. Charred furniture and busted out windows, tell just a piece of what happened …
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