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5 days ago |
sfchronicle.com | Gregory Thomas
Tourists crowd at the Tunnel View vista point in Yosemite Valley in March 2022.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Gregory Thomas
A huge, upside-down U.S. flag now hangs from a prominent peak at Donner Summit near Truckee. Someone — possibly a group of rock climbers, locals speculate — affixed the flag to an east-facing granite wall. At close to 7,000 feet in elevation, it towers above its surroundings in Tahoe National Forest. It’s not visible to drivers along Interstate 80, but it’s easily seen from Donner Pass Road, a popular, scenic route for local bicyclists, skiers, hikers and climbers.
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1 month ago |
sfchronicle.com | Gregory Thomas |Kurtis Alexander
A woman found wounded Thursday in a building in Yosemite National Park has died, Fresno County authorities said. The woman was transferred Thursday from the park to a Fresno hospital, where she was pronounced dead the next day, said Tony Botti, a spokesperson for the Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner's Office. Details about the woman's identity and the circumstances of her death were unclear on Monday afternoon.
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1 month ago |
sfchronicle.com | Gregory Thomas
The first known kayak circumnavigation of greater S.F. Bay finished Wednesday afternoon at a shoreline park in Pittsburg right on the edge of the delta. A small welcoming party had gathered to congratulate the pair of paddlers, Liz Wilhelm and Dallas Smith, of Point Reyes Station, as they hauled their red tandem kayak to shore, marking the finish line of a 225-mile journey around S.F., San Pablo and Suisun bays that spanned 13 days.
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1 month ago |
sfchronicle.com | Gregory Thomas
On Tuesday night, Town Council members there unanimously voted to pass a pair of resolutions that roundly denounce the Trump administration's cuts to Forest Service staff and blanket spending freezes - actions that Truckee's civic leaders say amount to an existential powder keg primed to detonate once the busy summer tourism season arrives.
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Group of frustrated Yosemite staffers just hung an upside down American flag from El Capitan, thousands of feet off the ground, visible to people on the valley floor. Here's why they're doing it: https://t.co/v57sTL8aTb
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