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Tag Archives: yosemite
A.M. Splash: Hantavirus Outbreak Stumps Specialists; Robotic Future Planned for Bay Area; Fetishes Flourish at Folsom Fair
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Hantavirus outbreak puzzles experts (SF Chronicle) The deadly outbreak of hantavirus in Yosemite National Park has sent disease experts and rodent researchers scrambling for answers as people across the country second-guess their plans to visit California's most famous landscape. The … Continue reading
Calif. Scientists' Calls to Warn Yosemite Visitors of Virus Went Unheeded
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By Christina Jewett, California Watch California public health scientists have twice recommended in the past five years that Yosemite National Park authorities educate visitors about hantavirus, a rare disease that is linked to the deaths of two park visitors, one illness … Continue reading
Yosemite Officials Say 1,700 Visitors Risk Disease
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by Tracie Cone, Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Yosemite officials told 1,700 past visitors on Tuesday they may have been exposed to a rodent-borne disease already blamed for the deaths of two people who stayed in cabins at the … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Solyndra Backers May Get Tax Benefits; Hanta Virus Kills 2nd Yosemite Visitor; Petaluma Little Leaguers Get Heroes' Welcome
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Solyndra's private backers stand to reap tax gains, bankruptcy filing says (Oakland Tribune) Two investment firms could walk away from the bankruptcy of Fremont solar panel maker Solyndra with hundreds of millions of dollars in future tax breaks, the U.S. … Continue reading
National Park Service Closes Almost 20 Yosemite Sites Because of Avalanche Hazards
(AP) — Falling boulders are the single biggest force shaping Yosemite Valley, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the national park system. Now swaths of some popular haunts are closing for good after geologists confirmed that unsuspecting tourists … Continue reading
Yosemite Falls Webcam Activated; Falls Videos
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As reported in the Chronicle, Yosemite Conservancy today activated a webcam of Yosemite Falls, at 2,425 feet the highest waterfall in North America, and the fifth highest in the world. Click here for Yosemite Falls webcam This is the park's … Continue reading
This Time-Lapse Video of Yosemite is Really Good...
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I'm often asked by aspiring bloggers what's the best way to break into the online content game. Okay, so I'm never asked that by aspiring bloggers. (Though I do often get, "Hey, do you know Scott Shafer?") In any event, … Continue reading
Fire Closes Highway 140 Leading to Yosemite
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(AP) A stretch of highway leading to one of the main entrances into Yosemite National Park was closed Thursday as a wildfire burned outside the park. The blaze has consumed about 400 acres along Highway 140 since it was first … Continue reading
Yosemite Back Open
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From AP: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) Yosemite National Park is back open with limited services after being closed for three days when a powerful storm left roads blocked and power lines down. The park still has no electricity, but … Continue reading
