Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Yosemite

'Like sitting on the 101 in LA': Yosemite visitors wait in line for hours to enter park

Waterfalls may be flowing freely at Yosemite National Park after record-breaking precipitation, but lines out of the park have often been at a standstill this season — the first summer without a reservation system since before the pandemic.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Interesting times in Yosemite Valley: While famous waterfalls gush, construction booms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s easy to become blasé about Yosemite Valley. Even a touch jaded.

Tribune News Service

‘Six times the size of Yosemite’: the new tribal sanctuary off the super-rich California coast

Viewed by the Chumash people as their ancestral home, the Native American tribe is behind the first Indigenous-led initiative to protect the ocean and repair its damaged ecosystem

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Yosemite flood risk, closures block some springtime visitors

Much of the famed valley at California’s Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closed starting Friday due to a forecast of flooding as rising temperatures melt the Sierra Nevada’s massive snowpack

The Independent UK

Yosemite closes parts of park as warm weather raises flood threat

While minor spring floods aren’t unusual, this season could be inundated from the melting of the historic snowpack

The Guardian - US

Powerful Ansel Adams show centers his love for nature – and the peril it’s in

San Francisco showcase brings together the photographer’s works alongside contemporary artists who build on it

The Guardian - US

Check Out Ixon’s Yosemite Rain Suit For Bad Weather Riding

French brand, Ixon has the Yosemite Rain Suit now in its collection. The suit is designed to be worn over motorcycle gear and keeps you dry but will not flutter.

RideApart

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

It’s ‘firefall’ season in Yosemite. Here’s how to see the glowing phenomenon

LOS ANGELES — It’s a winter migration that seems to get bigger every February: Thousands of photographers and nature-lovers flock to Yosemite National Park to see a natural phenomenon nicknamed “the firefall.”

Los Angeles Times

2 killed in Yosemite rock slide, a hazard that poses 'substantial risk' to parkgoers

LOS ANGELES — Two people died in a rock slide Tuesday at Yosemite National Park, according to the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office.

Los Angeles Times

Want to see Yosemite's famous 'firefall' this winter? You'll need a reservation

You've probably seen the striking image on your Instagram feed: a towering wall of stone cut down the center by what appears to be a glowing stream of lava flowing down the rock face.

Los Angeles Times

Major glaciers, including Dolomites and Yosemite, to disappear by 2050 - U.N. report

Some of the world's most famous glaciers, including in the Dolomites in Italy, the Yosemite and Yellowstone parks in the United States and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are set to disappear by 2050 due to global warming, whatever the temperature rise scenario, according to a UNESCO report.

Reuters

Paris Jackson lets a squirrel crawl over her chest and face on camping trip

Paris Jackson has headed to Yosemite for a camping trip and wasn't afraid to get close to the country wildlife

Daily Mirror

First Thing: DoJ investigators dig into Trump’s role in January 6

Garland promises ‘justice without fear or favor’ as investigators specifically question witnesses about ex-president’s involvement. Plus, McDonald’s burger ingredient on sale for $6,000

The Guardian - UK

Crews are making progress against a destructive forest fire near Yosemite

Crews battling the Oak Fire in California's Mariposa County got a break from increased humidity levels. The blaze, which forced the evacuations of thousands, was 26% contained, Cal Fire said.

WEKU

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Crews make progress against destructive fire near Yosemite

Firefighters have made more progress against a huge California forest fire that forced evacuations for thousands of people and destroyed 41 homes and other buildings near Yosemite National Park

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: Once again, Joni Mitchell gives us all a reason to live

Some days, it is hard not to despair. Europe is on fire and also Yosemite; Russia continues to bombard Ukraine, a religious minority wages war against women and monkeypox invades an already COVID-riddled world. Mass shootings have become a daily occurrence, the damning evidence of the Jan. 6 committee is…

The Guardian - UK

‘Parks are wild by nature’: Yosemite visitors undeterred by raging forest fires

Picnics, treks, camping and swimming continue despite hazardous air quality and ash in national park

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Yosemite’s sequoias survived the latest wildfire. Not all national parks will be so lucky

Watching these past weeks as firefighters battled to stop wildfire from spreading into Yosemite National Park’s famous Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees was an urgent reminder of the large-scale threat climate change poses to our national parks.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Los Angeles Times

Oak fire near Yosemite grows to 17,000 acres, destroys 10 structures

LOS ANGELES — Crews fighting the massive, still-growing Oak fire near Yosemite National Park reported some progress for the first time Monday morning, containing 10% of the almost 17,000-acre blaze.

Los Angeles Times

Firefighters contain 10% of growing 17,000-acre Oak fire near Yosemite

LOS ANGELES — Crews fighting the massive, still-growing Oak fire near Yosemite National Park reported some positive progress for the first time Monday morning, containing 10% of the almost 17,000-acre blaze.

The Independent UK

Firefighters slow growth of California blaze near Yosemite

Firefighters significantly slowed the spread of a smoky wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park

Los Angeles Times

Firefighters face punishing weather conditions in battle against raging fire near Yosemite

LOS ANGELES — A combination of heat, low humidity and parched vegetation continues to bedevil firefighters battling an inferno burning in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Yosemite that has forced thousands to flee their homes.

Los Angeles Times

Oak fire, California’s largest this year, explodes in size; thousands flee, towns threatened

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters were struggling to battle California’s largest fire of the season so far, a fast-moving inferno tearing through the Sierra Nevada foothills west of Yosemite National Park that has burned at least 10 structures, forced several thousand people to flee their homes and is threatening multiple mountain…

The Independent UK

No containment of destructive California fire near Yosemite

There is no containment of a destructive wildfire near Yosemite National Park that has grown into one of California’s biggest blazes of the year and forced thousands of residents to flee remote mountain communities

Evening Standard

Emergency declared as wildfire rages near Yosemite National Park in California

A state of emergency has been declared as firefighters tackled a 6,000-acre brush fire near Yosemite National Park in California.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the National Weather Service

the National Park Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.