Yosemite Blog

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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…

  • Photo of the Day: Cathedral Peak and Afternoon Thunderstorm By Thom Schroeder

    Here’s a great photo for today’s Photo of the Day from Thom Schroeder (aka koaflashboy on Flickr). I really love the clouds and the contrast in this photo. Great work, Thom. Thanks for sharing it in the Flickr Group Pool. Photo by Thom Schroeder.

  • Photo of the Day and a Conditions Update

    Today my wife and I and the rugrats went around the park taking pictures and shooting some video. This isn’t the best shot I’ve taken of Yosemite Falls by far but it is the first shot I’ve taken this year. If you’re headed up to the park I can tell you there’s a little snow…

  • Happy New Year!

    I’d like to take a moment to thank you all for making 2009 a great year and tell you a little bit about the future. 2009 has been awesome and I’m really thankful for all the great people who sent in photos, videos, story ideas and comments. We couldn’t have made this year such a…

  • Yosemite 2009: The Year in Review

    2009 was a big year in Yosemite. There were rock falls, the Ahwahnee was closed for a while and there were more than enough fires. Here’s a quick run-down of this years top stories. Rockfall by Ahwahnee Hotel In early February an 800 ton rock fall took place near the Ahwahnee. Amgen Bicycle Tour Visits…

  • Photo of the Day: Looking Back at 2009

    2009 was a great year in Yosemite as seen in all the beautiful photos we posted as Photo of the Day. Here are some of the photos from 2009 you thought were exceptional. Enjoy! Photo by Charles Phillips. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne. Photo by JohnB49. Photo by Forrest P.. Photo by Hamza Lakhani. Photo by…

  • Adam Curry and No Agenda Broadcast Live from Yosemite

    Adam Curry, former MTV VJ and podcaster extraordinaire, spent last Sunday recording his No Agenda podcast with John C. Dvorak (dvorak.org/blog take a drink) from Yosemite. Curry stayed in the Wawona Hotel. To broadcast the podcast over the Internet he drove down the road to Redwoods in Yosemite and parked outside their office and recorded…

  • Video: A Visit to the Ahwahnee with Doug McConnell

    I’ve always been a big fan of PBS and the local travel shows we get here in California. That’s why I really like the videos Doug McConnell and the fine folks over at OpenRoad.tv produce .Here’s an awesome video you’re going to have to check out by Doug McConnell, The Ahwahnee Hotel. I didn’t know…

  • New Tunnel to Replace Aging Hetch Hetchy Pipes Carrying Water to San Francisco

    Part of the Hetch Hetchy water system delivers water to the Moccasin Creek power generation facility near Groveland. Photo by Flickred!. A $350 million tunnel is being drilled beneath San Francisco Bay as part of an ambitious plan to update the aging Hetch Hetchy water system. The tunnel will create a 21-mile stretch of new…

  • GPS Not the Way to Go to Yosemite

    Four GPS devices in one car may not be enough to keep you on the right road headed to Yosemite. Photo by Karl Baron. Seems like once a year we need a reminder about the pitfalls of trusting GPS. Although GPS units are great (I happen to have 2 – a stand alone and one…