Yosemite Radio Updates
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Bend Fire Extinguished Near Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area
COULTERVILLE, Calif. – There was a Nationwide Emergency and Notification Alert about a fire east of the Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area 4.6 miles miles west of Coulterville, moving pretty fast toward town, Wednesday afternoon. The wind was out of the west at 8 miles per hour. We saw the smoke and rode over to Horseshoe…
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Americans Oppose A.I. Data Centers in Their Area
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy percent of Americans oppose the construction of data centers for Artificial Intelligence in their local area, according to recent Gallup polls, and 48 percent say they are strongly opposed. Barely a quarter of those surveyed said they favor these projects, with only 7 percent who say they are strongly…
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The Forest Service Plans to Spray Roundup Near Tahoe Ski Resorts and the Backlash Is Growing
Staff Report – The controversy over glyphosate spraying in California’s forests has officially reached Lake Tahoe. A yearlong Mother Jones magazine investigation is casting new scrutiny on the Forest Service’s plans to spray the herbicide across thousands of acres in the Tahoe Basin as part of fire restoration work following the 2021 Caldor Fire. The…
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Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation Powwow Draws Crowds to Mariposa for Celebration of Culture and Tradition
Staff Report – MARIPOSA, Calif. – The annual Mother’s Day weekend powwow hosted by the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation returned to the Mariposa Fairgrounds this weekend, bringing together tribal members, dancers, drummers, artisans and visitors from across California for a celebration rooted in culture, community and resilience. Known as the “Chi-tock-non Kote-u-pu” Mother’s Day Pow…
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Shooting Suspect On the Run From Coulterville Dies of Self Inflicted Gunshot Wounds in Modesto
Staff Report – A man from Vermont who was accused of attempted murder for shooting a victim twice in the head Sunday night on Schilling Road in Coulterville was on the run from police when he died in Modesto of self inflicted gunshot wounds, according to public posts on Facebook by the Mariposa County Sheriff’s…
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Secret Vistas: A River Runs Through It (Three)
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – “I am haunted by waters,” author Norman Maclean wrote in the conclusion to his memoir A River Runs Through It. It is a line that will be familiar to anyone who watched the movie produced by Robert Redford about hard drinking, gambling…
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Ted Turner, Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Dies at 87
Tales From the MoJo Road –By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – When I saw the news that CNN’s creator Ted Turner died the other day, I knew I would soon find time to write about him. He was one of the most iconic figures of our generation, and based in the Capital of the New…
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Two Sierra Passes Are Now Open Before Memorial Day for the First Time in Years
Ebbetts Pass is opening for the season on Wednesday, making it the second major Sierra Nevada pass to reopen ahead of the typical Memorial Day target this spring. Caltrans announced that State Route 4 over Ebbetts Pass will formally reopen at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6. Maintenance crews from the Woodfords and Camp Connell…
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In May 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt Ditched a Banquet in San Francisco to Camp in Yosemite With John Muir
Staff Writer – On May 14, 1903, 126 years ago this month, the President of the United States was supposed to be at a banquet in his honor by the Union League Club of San Francisco, California. The table was set. The speeches were written. Hundreds of dignitaries had traveled specifically to shake Theodore Roosevelt’s…
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Mariposa County to Hold Water and Sewer Utility Meetings in Coulterville and Don Pedro
Staff Report – Mariposa County has announced water and sewer utility meetings in Coulterville and Don Pedro to discuss proposed rate hikes, according to District Supervisor Shannon Poe. The water and wastewater meeting will be held in the Coulterville Park Pavilion on Saturday, May 16 from 2-4 p.m. The wastewater meeting in Don Pedro will…
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Community Meetings Coming on Proposed Water and Sewer Rate Hikes
There will be two community meetings in May about the proposed Mariposa County water and sewer rate hikes in Coulterville and Don Pedro without county staff as part of the program. There will be handouts about the rate increase proposals that were presented by Public Works and Bartle Wells to the BOS on April 21.…
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A ‘Super El Nino’ May Be Coming – What It Could Mean for California Weather
Staff Report – Weather forecasters say a powerful El Niño weather pattern could form later this year, with a chance of becoming one of the strongest in three decades. The winds above the Pacific are shifting, the ocean is releasing stored-up heat, and a cascade of effects on rain, droughts and wildfires could be on…