Yosemite Valley

Yosemite National Park has been closed to the public for nearly three months and a few dozen lucky kids have had it mostly to themselves.

Yosemite National Park will reopen Tuesday, 14 days after a wildfire hit the park at the peak of tourist season.

Days after two of the world’s most celebrated rock climbers twice set astonishingly fast records on the biggest wall in Yosemite National Park, they did it again Wednesday, breaking a mark compared with track’s four-minute mile. Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell scaled El Capitan’s 3,000-foot sheer granite wall in 1:58:07, said photographer Austin Siadak, who is documenting the climb for...

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...

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.

Waterfalls in Yosemite National Park will likely reach peak flows between now and May.

A limb from an oak tree fell on a popular part of Yosemite Valley early Friday, killing two young campers who were sleeping in a tent, according to Yosemite National Park officials.

Officials at Yosemite National Park said Friday they will temporarily close a popular campsite after two squirrels died of plague in the area. Tuolumne Meadows Campground will close from noon Monday through noon Friday so authorities can treat the area with a flea-killing insecticide. Campers had their reservations canceled at the 304-site campground so the insecticide can be sprayed into...

One of two climbers attempting a grueling assent up a half-mile of sheer granite in California’s Yosemite National Park is making a push to catch his partner.

Since Dec. 27, two hardy mountain climbers have been free climbing one of the most most difficult routes in the world: a half-mile section of exposed granite in California’s Yosemite National Park.

One of the co-founders of Groupon has bought a mansion in an upscale Chicago suburb for a hefty $19.5 million, which he paid in cash. Eric Lefkofsky, 45, is now the owner of the home with the biggest pricetag in the Chicago area. The 15,800-square-foot vintage mansion sits on four acres of land next to Lake Michigan in the northern...

Since Dec. 27, two hardy mountain climbers have been free climbing one of the most most difficult routes in the world: a half-mile section of exposed granite in California’s Yosemite National Park.

About 100 Yosemite National Park visitors were evacuated by helicopter Sunday when a wildfire that started weeks ago in the park’s backcountry grew unexpectedly to at least 700 acres, officials said.