SF News Saturday Links: Yosemite Overrun With Hikers Cutting in Line, Squatting Amid Shutdown San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins tells Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, “We don't need your help here;” the SF Arts Commission was not consulted on Mayor Lurie’s “Big Art Loop” project; and nefarious characters are flocking to Yosemite, which currently only has one volunteer park ranger.
Arts & Entertainment Watch: NorCal DJ Spins a Set at the Top of Yosemite's Half Dome, Lugs Gear All the Way Up There With Him A very California adventure for a Bay Area DJ known as Habitaat, who dragged his musical gear all the way up to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite, and performed a live set to an audience of no one in particular.
SF News Sunday Links: Supporters to Rally for Yosemite Ranger Fired for Hanging Trans Pride Flag The FDA might classify 7-OH, the potent compound in kratom, as a controlled substance; foolhardy swimmers have been entering East Bay lakes that are closed due to toxic algae; and supporters of the park ranger fired for flying the trans pride flag at Yosemite in May are rallying Sunday.
Politics From Yosemite to Big Sur, Millions of Acres Eligible for Sale Under Senate's Proposed ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ The Senate is expected to vote by July 4 on the “Big Beautiful” bill, which could allow the sale of up to 3 million acres of public land across 11 western states. In California, 16 million acres are eligible, including land near Yosemite and Lake Tahoe.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Rockslide Shuts Down the Road to Yosemite An Inner Richmond shop may have been unwittingly drawn into an illegal drug operation; Google just made its biggest-ever acquisition of a startup; and State Route 140 into Yosemite National Park is closed because of a rockslide.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Mendocino Music Festival Cancels, Won't Issue Refunds Police in San Rafael are investigating an arson at a Target store; a 20-year-old woman slipped and fell to her death on Yosemite's Half Dome; and a reggae festival in Mendocino failed to come together and now ticket holders are being stiffed.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Camp Mather Celebrates 100 Years (Though at a Party 180 Miles Away From Camp Mather) The spirit of rural Tuolumne County came to the Bayview District Sunday, as the SF Rec and Parks Department celebrated the 100-year anniversary of the founding of San Francisco's furthest-flung park, the popular Mather Family Camp.
Arts & Entertainment How to See the Famous 'Firefall' at Yosemite This Month 'Tis the season once again for seeing the Instagram-famous "firefall" at Yosemite National Park, otherwise known as Horsetail Fall when the setting sun strikes it just right for a couple of weeks in February.
SF News Yosemite Litter Cleanup Reveals Range of Trash, Marks Record Low Total in 20 Years The most common items that millions of visitors leave behind at the national park include food wrappers, cigarette butts, cleaning wipes, plastic wrapping, and straws.
SF News Bay Area Gears Up for Potential Government Shutdown Amid Funding Impasse As the Saturday night deadline to make a deal to fund the federal government quickly approaches, some of the best spots in the Bay Area could face indefinite closures.
SF News Hikers Struck By Lightning on Yosemite’s Half Dome, But Live to Tell Harrowing Tale Two hikers were struck by lightning Thursday at the nearly 9,000-foot summit of Half Dome, and were confronted with the task of making it down after bouts with singed hair, charred clothing, and memory loss.
SF News Pika Fire Continues to Ravage Yosemite, Reaches 650 Acres with Zero Containment The Pika Fire broke out on June 29 after a lightning strike and has accelerated amid the past week's heat wave, complicating firefighting efforts.
SF News 25-Year-Old and 24-Year-Old From Bay Area Meet With Misadventures at Waterfalls Over Holiday Weekend A 25-year-old woman from San Francisco was killed Tuesday falling down a waterfall in South Lake Tahoe, and a 24-year-old man from Petaluma is missing and still not found after meeting with a similar misadventure Sunday in Yosemite.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Flood Warnings Set To Disrupt Memorial Day Weekend in Yosemite An L.A. reality TV type is on trial for swindling an elderly woman out of her Redwood City home, Uber placed an executive on leave for hosting a “Don’t Call Me Karen” event, and Yosemite campers may be flooded out this coming three-day weekend.
yosemite Yosemite Closed Due to Serious Snow and Storm Conditions Through Wednesday The storm behind this week’s snow in the Bay Area is moving east into the mountains and causing whiteout snow conditions across Yosemite National Park.
Arts & Entertainment 'Firefall' Returns to Yosemite Next Week, and Some Park Areas Will Be Closed Due to Traffic Problems The very popular and very Instagram-worthy "firefall" phenomenon is expected to return to Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park this month — and its popularity has led to parts of the park needing to be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
SF News Record-Breaking Wolf That Went on 1,000 Mile Journey Struck and Killed by Vehicle OR-93, the male gray wolf that garnered worldwide attention after his record-breaking trek from Oregon into Northern California this year, was found dead near I-5 on November 10.
SF News Video: Skiing Duo Descends Treacherous, Spine-Tingling Shoulder of Yosemite's Half Dome TTempting fate, two skiers were able to snake down a particularly dangerous — and incredibly variable — part of Yosemite's Half Dome by alternating between skiing and rappelling down to the valley floor. They're still somehow alive (with footage, in tow).
Arts & Entertainment 'Firefall' Phenomenon Expected to Return Friday in Yosemite, Last About 12 Days The annual, highly Instagrammable phenomenon known as the "firefall" that occurs at sunset in late February at Horsetail Fall is expected to begin again on February 12.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Four Bears Struck By Cars In Yosemite in Recent Weeks A CA GOP consultant laments getting COVID along with his wife, four bears have been struck by cars in the last three weeks in Yosemite, and a 22nd San Quentin inmate has died of the coronavirus.
SF News 170 People Possibly Infected With COVID in Yosemite Valley After Virus Found in Sewage The great outdoors is hailed as a recreational safe haven amid the pandemic. But after Mariposa County health officials shipped samples of untreated local wastewater to a Massachusetts lab for analysis, the yielded results show 170 people might have been infected in Yosemite Valley.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Get Your California Campsite Reservations This Week A 49-year-old Sonoma County man is suspected of assaulting a 14-year-old girl on Tuesday, crime was down last year in the Tenderloin, and a massive development in Concord is in jeopardy.
SF News Veteran Climber Survives Fall From Yosemite's El Capitan With Help From 'Free Solo' Star 33-year-old climber Emily Harrington came away with mostly bruises and abrasions Sunday after an apparently dramatic fall while trying to scale El Capitan at Yosemite National Park.
SF News 29-Year-Old Woman Falls To Her Death While Scaling Half Dome In Yosemite An Arizona woman slipped and fell 500 feet down the slope of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park on Thursday, during the final portion of the climb that involves holding on to a cable.
Arts & Entertainment 'Firefall' Ablaze at Yosemite This Week The not-always-annual natural phenomenon known as the "firefall" at Yosemite National Park's Horsetail Fall is happening through this weekend.
