Yosemite Radio Updates
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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…
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Gold Rush Motion Picture About to Film in Northern California
Staff Report – A major motion picture about the California Gold Rush is about to start filming in Northern California. An open casting call over the weekend for “Gold Mountain,” a Gold Rush-era film directed by Ang Lee, pulled a massive crowd in Sacramento. Casting director Sarah Kliban said the line stretched down the block…
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Seven Tribes Win the Right to Gather Plants Inside Yosemite National Park
Staff Report – Seven tribes with deep roots in Yosemite Valley are one step closer to reclaiming a practice that predates the park itself, gathering plants from within the boundaries of Yosemite National Park. An Environmental Assessment allowing members of seven federally recognized tribes to gather plants and plant parts within park boundaries for traditional…
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Yosemite Radio Now Has a Facebook Page to Follow News and Music Updates
The non-profit Yosemite Radio now has a Facebook business page where you can follow our news and music updates. Click on the link to see and follow here: Facebook/YosemiteRadio.Org
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California Billionaire Tax A Step Closer to Making the November Ballot
Health care workers and other supporters with the Billionaire Tax Now coalition hold placards during a media briefing in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026. If passed by voters, the 5% tax on California’s billionaires would go toward funding health care. But opponents are preparing a poison-pill measure designed to kill it. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP…
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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. — In the American West, water has long been scarce. What’s 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 — pushing some of the region’s most vulnerable residents, particularly…
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On the Subject of Small Town News
Tales From the MoJo Road –By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – So in the interest of being “honest” and “unmerciful” as a writer – the sage advice to a young rock journalist from Philip Seymour Hoffman as Cream magazine editor Lester Bangs in the film “Almost Famous” – let me just say here that this is not…