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Wildfire concerns near Yosemite grow as controlled burns nixed FacebookTwitterEmail Half Dome is barely visible through the smoke from some small burn piles ignited in Ahwahnee Meadow in January 2021.NPS Photo John Goss is worried about a gap. As the fire management officer for Sierra National Forest, he’s worried about a lot of things right now: California’s unprecedented dryness, the below average snowpack, the preponderance of dead and drought-weakened trees. These are the indicators that make his neck hair stand up a little, he says. But then there’s the narrow strip of forestland near the southwestern edge of Yosemite National Park, a mere 5 miles from the prized giant sequoias of the Mariposa Grove. ....
In January 1848, six Mormon men bunked together in a small wood cabin along the South Fork of the American River in Cullumah, as the Nisenan named the land where they had lived for thousands of years, meaning “beautiful valley.” The men, part of the U.S. Army Mormon Battalion, had traveled from Iowa to San Diego to fight in the Mexican-American War, which, fortuitously or not, was close to an end upon their arrival. The war allowed the victorious United States to acquire more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean. Undeterred, the men headed north to become laborers at John Sutter’s sawmill ....
Yosemite s Ahwahnee hosted massive Thanksgiving feast. Unmasked guests had workers appalled. FacebookTwitterEmail Yosemite s Ahwahnee Hotel, where employees are required to wear masks but guests are not.Albert Grose/Getty Images/500px As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and California officials were urging Americans not to travel and to keep celebrations small over Thanksgiving, plans for a colossal feast were under way in Yosemite National Park.
“Prepare to be delighted with a Thanksgiving feast set in the historic Ahwahnee dining room,” reads an ad for the event on the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau website. “Located in Yosemite Valley, the high ceiling and chandeliers create the perfect backdrop for a special occasion.” ....
Yosemite hotel hosted massive Thanksgiving feast indoors Share Updated: 8:28 PM PST Dec 17, 2020 By Ashley Harrell/SF Gate Yosemite hotel hosted massive Thanksgiving feast indoors Share Updated: 8:28 PM PST Dec 17, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript THROUGH THAT AREA. DEIRDRE: MIKE: HERE’S A LOOK AT TODAY’S OTHER COVID HEADLINES. THE BAY AREA WILL BECOME THE 4TH REGION TO ENTER STAY-AT-HOME RESTRICTIONS AT MIDNIGHT. THE FDA’S REVIEW PANEL HEARING IN THE MODERNA VACCINE HAS JUST BEGUN. AND FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. HE DOES HAVE SYMPTOMS, BUT IS GOING TO BE WORKING FROM HOME IN QUARANTINE. HERE IS A LOOK AT THE LATEST NUMBERS ACCORDING TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. THERE WERE TWO UNDER 56,000 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES ACROSS THE NATION IN THE PAST 24 HOURS ON THE ROAD TO HIT THE 7 MILLION MARK TODAY. THAT’S CONTINUE TO INCREASE. IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, JUST 62,000 ....