Yosemite Radio Updates
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Yosemite As the Garden of Eden for Original Thought About Life and Civilization
The Big Picture –By Glynn Wilson – There comes a time when you have to put a stop to the Doomscrolling of Daily Apocalypse headlines, sit back and think, and consider the big picture. Otherwise, you might be accused of “not seeing the forest for the trees.” In the parlance of original American journalism in…
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Understanding How Art, Photography and the Written Word Preserved National Parks and Made Us A Better Country
Now How Do We Preserve That Mission Today – The Big Picture –By Glynn Wilson – YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – Sitting quietly in a camp chair at dusk and dawn by a small fire in the North Pines Campground in Yosemite Valley, the monumental problems of the world seem to vanish for a few…
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Dome Fire in Yosemite Closes Popular Waterfall Hike, While the Smoke Hangs Over the Valley
By Glynn Wilson – YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – Wildfire smoke from the Dome Fire wafted into the High Sierras this week, hovering over the granite monoliths in Yosemite and obscuring some views. Burning north of Wawona Dome in Mariposa County, the fire grew from 300 acres Wednesday morning to 1,177 that night, according to…
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This May Be Our Last Chance to Save the World
By Glynn Wilson – Radio script with music. YOSEMITE, California – Moses. Jesus. Martin Luther King. The Beatles. Ten Years After. How many warnings does it take? How many have to die? It was the Hippie Era when the concept first came to my attention that the world needed saving. In 1971, Ten Years After…
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Backlash Against Data Centers Rises in Silicon Valley Backyard
San José leaders residents organize against them – By Joseph Geha Ken Thompson stands outside of a lot on Silver Creek Valley Road in south San José, which is intended to house a data center, on Sept. 3, 2026. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED) Santa Clara has quietly become California’s data center capital. The sleepy suburb known for its…
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How to Succeed as a Community
“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.”― Daniel Patrick Moynihan The Big Picture –By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – At the risk of boring you to death, or worse, alienating you beyond repair, I’m going to say a few things you need to hear – whether…
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Former Yosemite Superintendent Says the Trump Land Swap for Private Developer Is Not What the Park Service Does
Staff Report – Former Yosemite Superintendent Don Neubacher, who spent 36 years with the National Park Service and ran Yosemite until 2016, recently told ABC News that the land swap proposed by the Trump administration with a private developer on the park’s western edge is not something the agency does, period. The Coalition to Protect America’s…
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Coulterville Community Events for November
The Baha’is of Mariposa County, California, will be honoring two significant birthdays in NOVEMBER and we would like to invite our friends, readership of the YOSEMITE EXPRESS, patrons and exhibitors of the Yosemite Arts and Crafts Center, and fans of Yosemite Radio to attend and celebrate with us. On Monday, November 9 at 5 p.m,…
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Coulterville VFW Marks 25th Anniversary of Attacks on 9-11-2001
THE YEN-YANG of 9-11 By Jim Rhodes – The “Norman Rockwell” version of the story is best exemplified by the outstanding ceremony put together by the Coulterville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9454 Auxiliary held at the Coulterville Community Park on Friday, Sept. 11, on the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade…
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Facts Matter: The State of Health Care in America
The Big Picture –By Glynn Wilson – Editor’s Note: Healthcare is one of the top domestic and economic concerns for Americans. Public opinion research consistently shows this to be the case. Recent surveys from Gallup reveal that a striking 61 percent of adults in the U.S. worry “a great deal” about healthcare, ranking it above inflation, federal spending…
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Mariposa County Supervisor Shannon Poe Fined $150,000 for Polluting the Clearwater River in Idaho with Gold Mining Operation
Staff Report – It has come to our attention that Mariposa County District 2 Supervisor Shannon Poe has lost his final appeal for polluting the Clearwater River in Idaho and is subject to a $150,000 fine. Poe was sued in Idaho for his suction dredge mining operation on the South Fork of the Clearwater in…
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Willow Polson Interview: Crafts Director, Yosemite Arts and Crafts Center
By Glynn Wilson – Yosemite Arts and Crafts Center Crafts Director Willow Polson wins first, second and Best in Show crafts prizes at the 2026 Mariposa County Fair. See her work anytime at 5014 Main Street, Coulterville, California. Video Interview by Yosemite Radio Station Manager and News Director Glynn Wilson, with Art Director Erica Wolfsen.…