Yosemite Radio Updates
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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…
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Yosemite Valley Ran Out of Parking Before 11 a.m. on Saturday and the Summer Season Hasn’t Begun
Yosemite National Park hit capacity in its most popular area before most visitors had finished breakfast in the Base Camp restaurant Saturday morning. All parking in Yosemite Valley was full by 10:59 a.m. on May 2, prompting the park to issue an alert telling visitors to avoid the valley entirely. About 90 minutes later, Hetch…
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Community Garden Underway in Coulterville California
Looking to Build an Arch and Add a Name COULTERVILLE, Calif. – In addition to a radio station to cover news and play music and a new arts and crafts movement to bring more creative people to this Gold Rush town, some locals are working on a new community garden to help bring the community…
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Artistic Evolution: The Dual Murals of Lake Don Pedro Elementary School
By Erica Wolfsen – The landscape of Lake Don Pedro Elementary has undergone a vivid metamorphosis. What began in 2025 as a single tribute to the local ecosystem has blossomed into a dual-mural narrative, flanking the campus with imagery that is as much a product of student voice as it is of professional craft. A Democracy…
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An Update on the Inevitability of Change in Society
Tales From the MoJo Road –By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – Man have we seen changes come in our time or what? As I was reading The New York Times on Thursday morning the last day of April, 2026, and sharing some headlines on Facebook, I was reading another long screed about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence…