Yosemite Radio Updates
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Priced Out of Water: Rising Rates in the American West Are Forcing Seniors From Their Homes
By Art Inverness – Staff Writer – COULTERVILLE, Calif. â In the American West, water has long been scarce. Whatâs new is the price. Across California, Arizona, Nevada and beyond, a collision of drought, climate change and aging infrastructure is driving water bills sharply upward â pushing some of the regionâs most vulnerable residents, particularly…
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On the Subject of Small Town News
Tales From the MoJo Road âBy Glynn Wilson â COULTERVILLE, Calif. â So in the interest of being âhonestâ and âunmercifulâ as a writer â the sage advice to a young rock journalist from Philip Seymour Hoffman as Cream magazine editor Lester Bangs in the film âAlmost Famousâ â let me just say here that this is not…
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Banderitas Days Brings Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall to Coulterville for a Memorial Day Weekend of Remembrance
By Art Inverness – Staff Writer – Photos by Al Golub COULTERVILLE, Calif. â Over Memorial Day weekend, the quiet Sierra foothill town of Coulterville will once again become a gathering place for remembrance, music and community as Banderitas Days returns with a powerful centerpiece: the Vietnam Veterans Traveling Memorial Wall. Set against the historic…
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Meeting Canceled Saturday April 25 on Proposed Mariposa County Water and Sewer Rate Hikes
Staff Report – There a proposal from Mariposa County that could raise water and sewer rates in Coulterville and sewer rates in Don Pedro. We are looking into the facts of the situation for a news report to come soon. There was to be a brief presentation on the county’s proposed water and sewer rate…
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California Marks Earth Day With Plan to Open Three New State Parks
Staff Report – The great Golden State of California marked Earth Day on Wednesday by announcing a plan to open three new state parks and expand several others, a move officials say represents the largest growth of the state parks system in decades. The proposed parks are Feather River in Yuba County, San Joaquin River…
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It’s Earth Day, and California Just Experienced its Hottest, Driest March in History
By Glynn Wilson – It’s Earth Day on April 22, 2026, 56 years after the first Earth Day in 1970. Much progress was made in preserving the Earth’s environment in that half a century. But it seems like for every two steps we take forward, we fall one step back as American politics sometimes gets…
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Firefighters Issue Open Letter Opposing Federal Plan to End the âRoadless Ruleâ in National Forests
Staff Report â EUGENE, Ore.â About 120 current and former wildland firefighters issued an open letter Tuesday calling on members of Congress to oppose the Trump administrationâs proposal to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule in National Forests. The rollback of the âRoadless Ruleâ would remove protections across 45 million acres of national forestlands, opening…
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Is There Still Gold to Be Extracted in Them Thar Hills?
A New Gold Rush Could Be Coming to California â Tales From the MoJo Road âBy Glynn Wilson â COULTERVILLE, Calif. â In creating my very own version of literary journalism on the web over the past 20 years, as regular readers know Iâve often turned to Mark Twain and other American writers for inspiration. When…
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Northern California Could Slide Back Into Drought by Summer, Forecasters Warn
Northern California has received enough rain and snow in the past three years to escape an official classification as being in a drought. But NOAAâs Climate Prediction Center just released a three-month outlook showing drought is likely to return across large portions of Northern California by late June. The Sacramento Valley and areas north of…
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Incumbent Faces Experienced Challenger in 2026 Mariposa County Tax Assessor-Recorder Race
Staff Writer – In Mariposa County, California, a closely watched local race is taking shape as incumbent Tammie Guenthart faces challenger Jenifer Canter for the position of Tax Assessor-Recorder in the 2026 election. Though often overlooked and considered routine, the office plays a central role in county governmentâdetermining property values for taxation and maintaining official…
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Yosemite Radio and Coyote Saloon Usher in a New Era in Video Advertising and Promotion
By Glynn Wilson Welcome to a brand new day in web video advertising and promotion. Yosemite Radio, MoJo Road Media Creations and Web Commerce Consultants today launch a new business venture to make use of the latest in Artificial Intelligence technology to capture the edge in marketing and promotion on the web and social media.…
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Baha’i Community Faces Threats in Iran
The Israeli and American actions against Iran have created a backlash against Baha’is now accused of being “spies” for Israel resulting in targeted arrest and renewed persecutions of the Iranian Baha’i community, the largest religious minority in Iran. Since the beginning of the Islamic Republic in 1979, Iran’s religious government has consistently and systematically scapegoated…