Tag Archives: Visits

Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns visited Yosemite National Park today to preview his latest film National Parks: America’s Best Idea. Burns visited Yosemite landmarks, such as Yosemite Falls and Cooks Meadow, interacted with Yosemite Institute participants, and showed a one hour preview to Yosemite National Park employees and park partners. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/kenburns.htm

Yosemite National Park invites the public to participate in a tour of proposed sites for the Parkwide Communication Data Network (CDN) Environmental Assessment (EA). Public scoping occurred in fall 2008, and preparation of an EA is currently underway.  https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/cdnea.htm

Yosemite National Park announces a public meeting for the Tenaya Lake Plan. The meeting will take place on July 10, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Yosemite Valley Auditorium behind the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center. Park staff will discuss the Tenaya Lake Plan including alternative actions, proposed …

Yosemite National Park announces a series of Public Workshops, Site Visits, and Webinars for the public to engage in the alternative development process for the Comprehensive Management Plan for the Merced Wild and Scenic River (MRP). The meetings are a continuation of the park’s outreach efforts from last fall in …

To the estimated half a million visitors it attracts each year, the Big Fresno Fair is synonymous with carnival rides, fried food, and horse racing. But to hospitals, the fair means something completely different: fewer visits to the emergency room. Joyce Eden, director of emergency services at Saint Agnes Medical …

Vice President Mike Pence came to the Central Valley Wednesday to discuss the new trade deal with Mexico and Canada. The event was part campaign rally, part policy talk. The speech was held at the Doug and Julie Freitas & Sons Farms in Lemoore, 40 minutes south of Fresno. It …

Of all the ground Governor Gavin Newsom covered in his first week in office, he already appears to be showing a commitment to improving the state’s drinking water. On Friday, Governor Newsom took a road trip to Monterey Park Tract, an unincorporated community in Stanislaus County. There, he and his …

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture stopped at a Madera farm Sunday evening as part of his two-day stop in California, where Sonny Perdue talked about helping young people in the … Click to Continue »

Gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa recreated a photo he took in a UC Merced cap in the late 1990s. He visited Merced on Thursday, May 11, 2017. … Click to Continue »

New Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke participates in a firefighting exercise during his first visit to Kings Canyon National Park on Friday, April 14, 2017. Zinke addressed wildfire prevention, infrastructure updates and public land use. … Click to Continue »

Technology like Facetime and Skype has made talking face-to-face over long distances as easy as opening an app. Now even jails are offering video calls to connect inmates and their families. But some civil liberties groups say the new technology shouldn’t replace in-person visits. Before this year, if you wanted …

Tye Dutcher was a fifth-grader at Merced’s Peterson Elementary School when a lawn-mowing accident caused him to lose his foot and part of his leg. While the event provoked shock … Click to Continue »

Fresno State’s newest mascot, Victor E. Bulldog III, visited Eyewitness News for an interview with Lindsey Pena.