Yosemite Radio Updates
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A Promise of Community Collaboration Emerges From Visit to Yosemite
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – In spite of everything you hear on sensational news channels about climate change, the draught in the West and packed national parks in summer, the waterfalls and rivers are flowing in the Sierras and the crowd was light on Monday…
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Smithsonian Institution Officials to Meet With Mariposa County Residents on Rural Initiatives
Staff Report – Officials from the Smithsonian Institution, known for its top notch, world class museums in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere, have announced that they are interested in helping museums in Mariposa and Coulterville. They will be visiting the area May 18-20 talking about collaborations, including funding, for community-centered storytelling and cultural preservation. The effort…
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Mariposa County Officials Meet With Angry North County Residents Over Proposed Water and Sewer Rate Hikes
Staff Report – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – Mariposa County officials met with Coulterville and Don Pedro residents on Saturday about proposed rates hikes on water and sewer rates in Coulterville and sewer rate hikes in Don Pedro. The people who packed the Coulterville Community Park Pavilion for the meeting were not happy and some accused the…
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Free Yoga-Meditation Classes Back on Saturdays in Coulterville
Saturday Yoga and Medication Classes at Coulterville are back! Every Saturday at 2 p.m. in the former Gazzolo Saloon and Dance Hall building at 5016 Main Street. Yoga movement practice takes place from 2 – 2:45 p.m. followed by Meditation from 2:50 – 3:20 PM. The Yoga poses are gentle, slow movements with focus on the…
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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…