Yosemite Radio Updates
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Promoting Altruism is Critical in a Selfish World Gone Mad
Under the Microscope –By Glynn Wilson – SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Why does this seem so hard for some people to grasp? Perhaps it is a lack of leadership? While sitting in a bar recently having an intelligent conversation with a good friend who understands, through the swinging doors entered a stressed out woman. She sat…
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Democrat Xavier Becerra Leads California Governor’s Race by Wide Margin
Staff Report – Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is leading Republican businessman Steve Hilton by a double-digit margin in the race for California governor, according to a new poll from UC Berkeley. The Institute of Governmental Studies poll found about 55% of likely voters saying they’ll support Becerra, 37% backing Hilton and just…
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On the Streets of San Francisco: Transformative A.I.
By Glynn Wilson – “If handled well,” they say, “this transformation could bring about abundance and prosperity for everyone. If handled poorly, it could result in an extreme concentration of power in the hands of a tiny elite.” We have traveled to San Francisco, the world capital of new technology creation and funding, to escape…
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Meta Faces Up to $1.4 Trillion Reckoning as Youth-Addiction Trial Opens in Oakland
By Rachael Myrow – KQED – Since the dawn of social media, Meta and other platforms have faced lawsuits charging that the sites caused harm to their users. The companies have largely shielded themselves from those legal attacks, arguing they are not responsible for content published on their sites. But in the last two years, plaintiffs’ lawyers…
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Shield Yourself From Wildfire Smoke
Air pollution from wildfire smoke can pose serious health risks. Here are some key steps you can take both before and during smoky days. Staff Reporting from KQED in San Francisco – Unhealthy air quality caused by fires has become an unfortunate reality for people around the country and the world, especially for those whose…
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Planet Under Pressure: Climate Change, Wildfires and the Politics of Inaction
You don’t have to read this. You can listen and watch on YouTube. The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – From the forests of northern Canada to the mountains of California and the hills of southern Europe, smoke has become one of the defining images of summer. Wildfires that were once considered seasonal disasters…
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Yosemite Arts and Crafts Center Celebrates First Month With an Art Opening Party
By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – Some said it could not be done. An art gallery in this small Sierra foothills town? No way. Wrong. We are doing it, and making a difference for altruism in the never ending competition with the selfish gene. Mark Twain, we believe, would approve. We are coming together…
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Yosemite to Test A.I. to Try to Fix its Parking Problem
Staff Report – Yosemite’s parking problem may be getting a Silicon Valley solution. The park has landed a share of a $10 million National Park Foundation grant that will fund an A.I.-powered system delivering real-time parking availability, traffic conditions and road status to visitors. Yosemite is one of just 20 national parks selected for the…
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California Funds the Second Largest Tribal Land Return in State History
Staff Report – A tribe whose reservation covers fewer than 200 acres is about to become the steward of nearly 40,000. The State Water Resources Control Board has approved funding for the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation to purchase close to 40,000 acres of ancestral territory in the Scott River headwaters of Siskiyou County, a deal…
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Man Who Started California’s Fourth Largest Wildfire Convicted of Arson
Staff Report – Two years to the day after a burning car rolled into a Chico gully and ignited a nightmare, the man who pushed it was found guilty. A Butte County Superior Court judge convicted Ronnie Dean Stout II of arson on Friday for starting the 2024 Park Fire, ruling he acted willfully and…
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Those Were the Days My Friend: Flora-Bama Lounge Owner Pat McClellan Dies
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – So you may agree with me that social media sux in many ways. But it is good for a thing or two, like finding out when someone dies. It has come to my attention, thanks to Facebook, that my old friend and…
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Yosemite’s Bears Are Paying the Price for the Park’s Record Crowds
Staff Report – Black bears in Yosemite Valley are eating birthday cake off picnic tables and dying under the wheels of speeding cars, and the two problems share a single root cause. SFGATE reports that the park’s bears are absorbing the impact of a visitation surge that followed the end of Yosemite’s reservation system, with wildlife…