Scott Gediman

A hiker in Yosemite National Park fell to her death while climbing to the top of the iconic granite cliffs of Half Dome, where cables are installed each summer.

Yosemite National Park reopened its scenic valley Tuesday after a nearly three-week closure due to nearby wildfires but advised visitors to expect some smoke in the air and limited lodging and food services in the popular California park. Meanwhile, a blaze in Montana prompted a hasty evacuation of hundreds of visitors at another national park.

The Ferguson fire was churning northward within Sierra National Forest, sending up smoke that obscured valley views in the park. Yosemite remained open, but one of its scenic routes, Glacier Point Road, was closed to stage firefighters.

A deadly forest fire continues to spread in the Sierra Nevada west of Yosemite National Park.

Yosemite National Park’s largest sequoia grove is ready to open to the public after crews completed a restoration project to protect the nearly 500 ancient trees, officials said Thursday. Mariposa Grove, a 4-acre habitat of the towering reddish-brown trees, will open Friday after being closed for three years, said Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman.

A well known, record-holding rock climber and East Bay resident spent the night on the wall of El Capitan at Yosemite National Park after he fell and was hung upside down Thursday afternoon. Rescue crews with a helicopter worked to extricate Hans Florine, 53, off the wall Friday morning and eventually took him to a hospital in Fresno, where he...

A number of parks within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area have been closed due to the government shutdown, according to the National Park Service.

Golden Gate National Park Service released a list of park closures on Saturday afternoon due to the government shutdown. Sergio Quintana reports.

The last Native American village in Yosemite Valley, destroyed 40 years ago, is being rebuilt in the same spot so that Miwuk Indian youths can learn about their culture.

A day after a deadly rock fall at Yosemite National Park, another rock fall has been reported Thursday on the popular El Capitan, according to NBC affiliate KSEE.

A rock slide Wednesday along a popular Yosemite National Park climbing route left one person dead and another injured, according to a park spokesman.

An aggressive wildfire sweeping through California foothills covered with dense brush and trees destroyed dozens of homes but spared a historic Gold Rush-era town popular with tourists bound for Yosemite National Park, officials said Friday....
Firefighters lifted an evacuation order for residents of Mariposa and reopened Highway 140 between the town and Yosemite, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman...

A blaze burning in foothills west of Yosemite National Park destroyed dozens of structures and forced thousands to flee Gold Rush-era towns but fire crews have been able to stop it from reaching a threatened community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. As of Thursday, the Detwiler fire has scorched 70,596 acres, destroyed 45 structures and is threatening about...

Officials at Yosemite National Park say they will reopen on Sunday morning a road that was damaged in a rockslide.

A rockslide at Yosemite National Park is creating a commuting headache for hundreds of park employees and thousands of tourists who are forced to drive around the roadblock.

There may be no more potent reminder of California’s humongous snowfall than the plows still clearing roads that snake across the state’s highest mountains as summer approaches.

Officials say a 21-year-old woman was killed by a falling tree at Half Dome Village in Yosemite National Park.

It started with a few dying trees. Then a few more. Then a rust-colored band of dead coulter pine trees began to fill-in along the slope of Mount Diablo State Park, its deepening ribbon of red death visible in nearby Clayton.

In the last two years, a drought-fueled beetle infestation has claimed hundreds of Mt. Diablo State Park’s coulter pines. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

Winter and spring rains put a decent-sized dent in California’s water woes. In Yosemite National Park, its storied falls are flowing with the kind of force not seen in four years. But the return of torrents of swift, cold water also have park officials concerned about increased drowning hazards.