Category: News

SF Gate: “In contrast to its seemingly unalterable granite walls, giant Sequoias and waterfalls, Yosemite National Park’s manmade features saw major changes in 2004, with more coming this year. The grand Ahwahnee Hotel’s flurry of remodeling, from carpets to bedding to coffee-makers, continues in 2005 with renovation of the costly Mary Curry Tresidder and Library…

LA Times (registration required): “One of the country’s most well-known national parks is attracting fewer visitors, park officials said. Yosemite National Park drew fewer than 3.4 million visitors in 2004 — the lowest number in 14 years, said park officials who were preparing to release the exact numbers this week. ”

MercedSun-Star: “Rains that have doused Merced in the past two days also are blanketing the area’s upper elevations in snow, making conditions treacherous for drivers, but good for skiers. Merced received half an inch of rain from a storm that started late Sunday night and continued until the pre-dawn hours, then resumed late Monday morning.…

Northside Drive is closed due to construction from the Pohono Bridge to Yosemite Lodge. Southside Drive has been converted to two way traffic with additional stop and yield signs where Southside Drive and 41 meet just north of the Bridalveil Fall parking lot. Posted speed limit for Yosemite Valley is currently 25mph due to construction.…

The Reporter: “Come on, we have to get there before the sun gets up,” she urged. It should have been me doing the urging. I was the one who had requested the wake-up call. I was the one who wanted to take photos of sunrise over Mono Lake.” Just outside Yosemite’s eastern boundry, Mono Lake…

MercuryNews.com (free registration required): “A picturesque landscape of sugar pine, incense cedar and white fir trees adjacent to Yosemite National Park’s western boundary near El Portal will be protected from development under a deal announced Monday. Owned by the same family since 1925, the 730-acre Ransome Ranch was purchased by the Pacific Forest Trust, an…

UnionDemocrat.com: “Parts of Big Oak Flat Road in Yosemite National Park will be closed periodically today, tomorrow and Wednesday while workers make rock slide repairs. From 9 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 3 p.m. both days, the road will be closed near its intersection with Tioga Road in the Crane Flat area and…

Modbee.com: “A judge who stopped the rebuilding of Yosemite Valley utilities in July has given the green light to a large piece of the project. U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii decided to allow construction of a major utilities corridor for sewage, telephone and electricity lines between Curry Village and Yosemite Lodge in Yosemite National…

Weekly Weather Outlook for the week of November 8, 2004 through November 14, 2004. Monday: Cloudy with showers. Chance of snow above 7,000ft. Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Expected Highs: mid 50’s. Lows: Upper 30’s. Wednesday: Rain is expected in the lower elevations with snow about 8,000 ft and down to 7,500 ft during the night. Expected…