Day: January 7, 2010
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Which Road Should You Take into Yosemite in Winter?
Highway 120 (Big Oak Flat Road) into Yosemite, New Years Eve 2009. Photo by Janet Crum. I came across this photo on Flickr and it realize that there’s a topic I haven’t talked about yet, which road to take in winter. This is a photo of the Big Oak Flat Road (Highway 120 from San…
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SF Halts Water Flow from Hetch Hetchy
O’Shaughnessy Dam releases water from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Photo by Inklein. San Francisco is high and dry as the SFPUC cut water delivery from Hetch Hetchy for at least a month. The shutdown is part of a planned outage to allow for maintenance on the aging water delivery system and is expected to last until…
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Photo of the Day: El Capitan and Oaks by Robert Pearce
I’d like to take a moment to thank all the people who send in their photos for Photo of the Day. If it weren’t for you fine folks I wouldn’t be able to post awesome photos like this one from Robert Pearce. I really love the warmth of the light and the cold of the…
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If It Were in Washington D.C. It’d Be National News
Roughly 60 miles north of Yosemite, Valley Springs California has been the setting for as many as 14 sniper attacks in recent weeks. Fortunately no on has been hurt. When 2 men went on a shooting spree up the interstate highways around Washington D.C. it was national news and on the front page of every…
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November Ballot Initiative Could Let Bay Area Water Users Voice View on Hetch Hetchy
A Restore Hetch Hetchy booth outside a Whole Foods store in Noe Valley helps to make Bay Area citizens aware of Hetch Hetchy and gather signatures to get a new initiative on the November Ballot. Photo by Steve Rhodes. San Francisco residents could get the chance to vote on draining Hetch Hetchy Reservoir if a…