A relief fund for the hundreds of victims of Mariposa County’s recent Telegraph Fire has been established.  The fund helps those displaced by the fire.  The fund is administered by the Mariposa Community Foundation and Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce.  Tax-deductible, charitable donations may be sent to:

TELEGRAPH FIRE VICTIM RELIEF FUND
Yosemite Bank
P.O. BOX 1267
Mariposa, CA 95338

Account # 307005660

Fire crews near Yosemite make progress on Telegraph blaze (Los Angeles Times)
The fire is 60% contained after burning for more than a week; it remains a potential threat to 2,000 residences. Firefighters tightened control today on a blaze that has scorched 53 square miles of wooded terrain west of Yosemite National Park.

Firefighters Improve Grip on Yosemite Blaze (News10 Sacramento)
The huge wildfire near California’s Yosemite National Park is now 60 percent contained.

Crews gain hold on wildfire outside Yosemite (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Some anxious residents near Yosemite National Park were still waiting to see if their houses had been destroyed even as fire crews made enough gains on the blaze to allow hundreds to return home.

Crews gain hold on wildfire outside Yosemite park (AP via Yahoo! News)
A day after nearly 100 evacuees returned to their homes in the Sierra Nevada foothills, other anxious residents near Yosemite National Park still waited Friday to see whether their houses had been destroyed by a blaze that charred the forest ringing the park.

Homeowners near Yosemite anxious to survey damage (Winston-Salem Journal)
FRESNO, Calif. — A day after nearly 100 evacuees returned to their homes in the Sierra Nevada foothills, other anxious residents near Yosemite National Park still waited yesterday to see whether their houses had been destroyed by a fire in the forest ringing the park.

Crews gain hold on wildfire outside Yosemite (The Fresno Bee)
Firefighters concentrated on beating back the northeastern flank of a wildfire burning outside Yosemite National Park after shoring up fire lines protecting most mountain communities that were threatened by the blaze.

Yosemite bus service back to normal (Merced Sun-Star)
The Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System said it will return to its published schedule starting today.