HOT TOPICS (The Hanford Sentinel)
HOT TOPICS (The Hanford Sentinel)
VISALIA - Now let the talk begin - for real. Hanford High School, behind three touchdowns by Cougar Williams, defeated Mt. Whitney 38-13 Friday night to improve to 8-0 on the year and 4-0 in West Yosemite League play.
Extreme Resolution Photos and Lasers Create Virtual Yosemite (Wired News)
Geologists use a 40-foot long, 96-GB photo mosaic of Yosemite with airborne laser mapping to learn what causes rock falls. Eventually they hope to predict where slides may occur.
Winter storm closes Tioga Pass in Yosemite (Merced Sun-Star)
With the arrival of the first winter storm of the season, Tioga Pass on Highway 120 in Yosemite National Park closed Thursday.
U.S. honors Yosemite search and rescue ranger (San Francisco Chronicle)
Danger is a constant in Yosemite National Park, where the towering cliffs, thundering waterfalls and rugged wilderness combine with an unusual knack among humans to stumble into horrifying predicaments. Nobody knows that better than John Dill, who has been…
Miners run over Redwood (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
The El Diamante football team’s dominance of the West Yosemite League goes back to the beginning of the 2007 season.
SF officials approve upgrade to water system (San Francisco Chronicle)
San Francisco officials have approved a $4.4 billion plan to upgrade the Bay Area’s largest drinking water system, which draws water from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park. The city’s planning and public utilities commissions approved the…
Minor Injuries Reported From Yosemite Junction Accident (MyMotherLode.com)
Jamestown, Ca — Only minor injuries were reported as a result of a two vehicle accident Wednesday on Hwy 108/120 at the Yosemite Junction. A tourist from England, 35-year-old Graham Carter was traveling westbound when he attempted to turn at the Yosemite Junction.






