“We’ve tried various (management) plans over the years” to curb crowd size, Yosemite National Park Service officials said, ...

Yosemite National Park visitors take a look at El Capitan rock formation, left, and Bridalveil Fall from Tunnel View in Yosemite Valley in June. CRAIG KOHLRUSS Fresno Bee file Although Yosemite ...

In February 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration fired a thousand staffers of the National Park Service ... Towers over Yosemite to Protest Cuts as Crowds View Firefall." ...

Nature lovers flock to Yosemite National Park every February to witness the ... Photographer Brittany Colt snapped the view of the upside-down flag next to the firefall. “This hit so close ...

In a noticeable effort to grab attention, protesters put up an upside-down American flag on El Capitan at a time when visitors were gathered in droves. National park employees hoist an American ...

Visitors take in a view of Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite National Park, Calif., Feb. 20, 2025. Haven Daley/AP Some of the eliminated positions include search-and-rescue staff and campsite ...

The Yosemite ... view of the waterfall from a distance. Northside Drive – A less crowded alternative for photographers. Due to the event’s increasing popularity, Yosemite National Park ...

Eleven of Yosemite’s full-time staff members, including the park’s sole locksmith and a biologist received a termination email on February 14 – as did 1,000 permanent National Park Service ...

These five places in California's wilderness are jaw-droppingly beautiful but stealthily treacherous, taking the lives of ...