The Tuolumne Grove parking lot in Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closed beginning September 8, 2014 while improvements are made to the trailhead and parking area. During the month of September, the parking lot will close at 6:00 a.m. on Mondays and re-open at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays. There …
Read More »Yosemite National Park Announces Pilot Program for Day-Use Parking Reservations
Yosemite National Park announces a pilot program where visitors will be able to reserve a guaranteed parking space on two upcoming weekends. Visitors to Yosemite National Park will be able to reserve a parking space in Yosemite Valley for the weekend of June 25-26 and July 2-4. 2016. The reserved …
Read More »Yosemite National Park to Temporarily Close Day-Use Parking Area
Yosemite National Park will close a day use parking area in Yosemite Valley on the evening of Monday September 5, 2016 to improve parking and traffic circulation. The parking area, also known as the Village Day-Use Parking Area (south) or Camp 6, will reopen this winter. Visitor parking will be …
Read More »Yosemite National Park Announces Pilot Day Use Parking Reservation Program
Yosemite National Park announces the second phase of a multi-year pilot program where visitors will be able to reserve a limited number of parking spaces at the Yosemite Falls Parking Area, located directly west of Yosemite Valley Lodge and south of Camp 4 in Yosemite Valley, for four weekends, including …
Read More »Limited Number of Day Parking Reservations Still Available for Yosemite Valley
There are a limited number of day parking reservations still available for visitors planning a trip to Yosemite Valley on weekends this August. Securing a free day parking reservation in Yosemite Valley will greatly enhance a visitor’s experience during weekends in August, the park’s busiest month. These reservations are free …
Read More »Yosemite National Park Announces Bus Parking Reservations for the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias
Yosemite National Park announces that parking reservations will be required for all buses over 20 feet in length, including commercial tour buses, non-commercial buses, and mini-buses, to park and visit the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. The Mariposa Grove will reopen to the public on Friday, June 15, 2018. Bus …
Read More »Yosemite National Park Announces Public Meeting to Provide Updates on the Big Oak Flat Welcome Center and the Tuolumne Meadows Parking Relocation Projects
Yosemite National Park is hosting a public meeting on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the Groveland Community Hall (18720 Highway 120, Groveland, CA) to provide an update on two upcoming projects: the Big Oak Flat Welcome Center and the Tuolumne Meadows Parking Relocation Projects. Park staff will discuss implementation and …
Read More »Masked, In Cars, With Radios On: Fresno Community Chorus Gathers For Parking Lot Singalong
The Fresno Community Chorus stopped singing in March just ahead of shelter-in-place orders and the county’s adoption of COVID-19 restrictions. Seven months later, the group reunited in person to sing, not in a concert hall but in a parking lot. On Tuesday evening, dozens of cars drove into the Calvary …
Read More »UC Merced downtown center could be good for business. Bad for parking
The opening of the UC Merced Downtown Center on Tuesday was heralded by leaders as a sign of a greater intertwining of relationships between the school and city. The $ 45 … Click to Continue »
Read More »79-year-old man suffers head injuries after struck by car in Atwater parking lot
A 79-year-old man suffered injuries when a car hit him in the Save Mart parking lot in Atwater on Sunday, police reported. The incident occurred at about 7:22 p.m. A … Click to Continue »
Read More »These are the parking lots Merced residents hate the most
Whether doing some grocery shopping, dropping children off for school or trying to grab a quick coffee, one thing is clear — Merced residents hate parking lots. Some of them … Click to Continue »
Read More »Camera captures small plane crashing into tree in parking lot
A small plane crashed in a parking lot in Plainville, Connecticut at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017. The Hartford Courant reported the single-engine Cessna was coming into land at Robertson Field Airport when it veered and crashed into a tree in a nearby parking lot. The 80-year-old …
Read More »Typically Merced traffic officers write parking tickets. This one saved a man’s life
Residents are not always happy to see a “meter maid,” but one Merced parking enforcement officer is being credited with saving a man’s life, police said on Tuesday. Jessica Phillips … Click to Continue »
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