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Yosemite fire swells to 5,257 acres overnight (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Officials have lifted mandatory evacuation orders for residents in El Portal, although a wildfire continues to grow in Yosemite National Park.

Storied Yosemite hotel reopens after rock avalanches forced evacuation (The San Francisco Examiner)
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIF. Yosemite’s historic Ahwahnee Hotel has reopened following rockslides that forced its evacuation. Park geologists have been monitoring a cliff towering over the building to make sure the danger of further slides has passed.

Yosemite biologist dies in rock climb (The Fresno Bee)
A 47-year-old wildlife biologist at Yosemite National Park died Sunday while rock climbing on Mount Dana, on the park’s eastern edge.

Biologist dies in Yosemite National Park (Channel 8 San Diego)
Associated Press – September 1, 2009 7:44 PM ET YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) – Rangers say a wildlife biologist at Yosemite National Park died over the weekend after falling in a…

Biologist Dies From Fall In Yosemite National Park (CBS 5 Bay Area)
Rangers say a wildlife biologist at Yosemite National Park died over the weekend after falling in a climbing accident near the park’s eastern edge. Forty-seven-year-old Jeff Maurer of El Portal died Sunday after falling from the Third Pillar, a technical rock climbing route on Mount Dana. Maurer had done research on falcons, eagles and other birds of prey in Yosemite for three years.

Yosemite fire swells to 5,257 acres (KGO-TV Bay Area)
A wildfire continues to grow in Yosemite National Park.

Yosemite fire swells to 5,257 acres overnight (CBS 47 Fresno)
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) Officials have lifted mandatory evacuation orders for residents in El Portal, although a wildfire continues to grow in Yosemite National Park. Park officials say the fire grew overnight to nearly 5,300 acres, or 8.3 square miles. The two dozen homes in Foresta remain under evacuation, as do the Crane Flat and Tamarack Flat campgrounds. Authorities also have …