Category: News
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Search Continues for Missing Hiker
The search is continuing in the Glacier Point area for missing hiker Ssmyn Barrios. Barrios is 24 years old, a native Honduran, and about 5’7″ tall. Barrios speaks Spanish and broken English was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue t-shirt, and black shoes. If you were in the area of Sentinel Dome, Washburn Point,…
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Missing Hiker in Glacier Point – Sentinel Dome Area
Yosemite National Park staff began the search today for Ssmyn (Ess-meen”) Barrios. Barrios is described as 24 years old, a native Honduran, who is 5’7″ tall. Mr. Barrios speaks Spanish and broken English. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue t-shirt, and black shoes. Anyone in the area ONLY of Sentinel Dome, Washburn…
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Bring Extra Money for Gas
For those of you coming in from out of state or internationally and you’re planning on renting a car, put back some extra bucks for gas. Gas is now $4.23 at the cheap places along Highway 99 and around $4.75 just outside the park. Figured I’d warn you.
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Tuolumne Meadows Gas Station and Store Open
The Tuolumne Gas Station is open 9-5 daily for cash customers for store and gas purchases. You can also get gas after hours by using your credit card to pay at the pump.
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1 Bear Dead, 1 Injured Due to Motorists
Bears are a rare sight in Yosemite even for frequent visitors and that makes their needless death even more tragic. This week two bears were hit by vehicles this week, one died from its injuries. Please slow down and obey speed limits. The park speed limit is 35 if you don’t see a sign with…
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Public Comment on Invasive Plant Management Plan in Yosemite Begins June 13th
Invasive plants are one of the greatest threats to the integrity of National Park Service lands. Non-native plants invade an estimated 4,600 acres of federal land in the United States every day, and already infest millions of acres in the national parks. Fortunately, Yosemite National Park is at the early stages of invasion, with less…
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TV’s Survivor Man Makes a Go At Surviving Just Outside Yosemite
Guess who’s up in the Sierra just outside Yosemite filming an episode of hit hit TV series Survivor Man. That’s right, it’s none other than the Survivor Man himself, Les Stroud. So far Les has been just outside Oakhurst in the same general area a SAR took place this winter “surviving”. According to his blog…
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Missing: My Little Boy
Tonight I lived every parents worst nightmare. My 5 (almost 6) year old non-verbal autistic son went out the front door and ran off down the street alone. Not more than 4 minutes had passed when I noticed the screen door open and one of our dogs in our front yard. One of our neighbors…
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Meetings Slated this Week to Discuss Ferguson Slide Solutions
There are 2 upcoming meetings scheduled for this week to discuss a permanent solution to the the Ferguson Slide on Highway 140 one in Yosemite at El Portal and the other in Mariposa. Chantel at CalTrans was nice enough to send me PDF’s of the announcements about the meetings. If you’re interested in attending the…
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North and Southside Drives to Reopen Memorial Day Weekend
Beginning Memorial Day weekend North and Southside Drives will return to their normal one way traffic patterns. The El Capitan crossover and bridge will also reopen to traffic.