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The leaves atop giant sequoias in the Sierra Nevada are better at storing water than those closer to the ground, an adaptation that may explain how their treetops are able to survive 300 feet in the air, researchers at American River College and Humboldt State University have found. … Click …

An abandoned house went up in flames Monday near the Bradley overpass and Sierra Portal Mobile Home Park in Merced. rparsons@mercedsunstar.com … Click to Continue »

In another sign of the warming climate, key species of trees in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range – including lodge pole pine, red fir and western white pine – are shifting to higher elevations in search of cooler temperatures, a broad new study by state biologists has found. … Click …

Sierra Business Council offers energy efficiency programs and resources for residents and businesses, and helps to implement the Energy Action Plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors in October 2015.

Measuring the drought in the Yosemite Valley is as easy as putting a raft in the Merced River. Just ask Sean Costello. "Usually when we open the season, it’s up against this log here," Costello says, pointing high up the riverbank. "But this year it didn’t even get close to …

Yosemite National Park will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and the 30th Anniversary of the California Wilderness Act on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Special events will take place throughout the day in Yosemite Valley and are designed to honor and celebrate the signing of these two acts, …

A street in Clovis is shut down during the morning commute after an accident. It happened at about 8:15 when a car hit a gas main outside of the Aqua Nails Spa in the Sierra Vista Mall. Sunnyside south of Shaw was shut down while fire crews and PG&E repaired …

Yosemite National Park is excited to report the first confirmed sighting in the park of a rare Sierra Nevada red fox (Vulpes vulpes necator) in nearly 100 years. Park wildlife biologists had gone on a five-day backcountry trip to the far northern part of the park to check on previously …

A multiagency operation was recently concluded that returned two herds of endangered bighorn sheep to locations in Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks, Inyo National Forest, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, worked together on …