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News from the communities in and around Yosemite National Park

MADERA – The Madera County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) covid dashboard is reporting 35 new cases bringing the total number of reported cases to 2,302 as of Aug. 7, 2020. There are 600 active cases including 31 Madera County residents hospitalized in Madera County. According to the MCDPH 1,663 are considered recovered with 433 released from isolation. The increase ...

Starbucks at Yosemite Valley Lodge will be closed today Friday, August 7. Apologies for the inconvenience. 08-07-20 Daily Conditions Report      Weather Report Click on the link for the Trimmer fire press release 08.06.2020_Trimmer Fire – Press Release www.YosemiteThisYear.com

MADERA COUNTY MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES – District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler will continue to hold virtual town hall meetings for the foreseeable future. The next virtual Town Hall will be August 27, via zoom, as he, County Staff, and other community partners come together to address and meet the community’s needs. “Engaging with the community and keeping them informed has been ...

O’Neals –  August 6, 2020, at approximately 4:26 a.m. the California Highway Patrol (CHP) received a call of a rollover collision which occurred on SR-41 north of Road 406, also known as the rocky cut area. Officers from the Madera Area CHP and medical personnel responded to the scene. The initial investigation determined that a 27 year old male from ...

Click on the links to view the weather and daily conditions for Yosemite. 08-06-20 Daily Conditions Report           Weather Report0806 The next virtual Yosemite Forum presentation will take place Tuesday, August 11, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm: “The fabric of wood:  Patterns of river and floodplain large wood on the Merced River, Yosemite National Park” by Emily ...

MADERA – The Madera County Department of Public Health is reporting 94 new cases bringing the total number of reported cases to 2,208 as of Aug. 5, 2020 at 4 p.m. There are 976 active cases including 33 Madera County residents hospitalized in Madera County leaving 1,196 recovered including 50 more released from isolation. Two of the 4 additional deaths ...

FRESNO – Can you recognize this scene? In this oversized chalk drawing, Richard Amend has sketched a busy gallery in the Louvre in Paris, France. It illustrates a contemporary woman standing in front of the painting, The Coronation of Napoleon (1807) by Jacques-Louis David. Richard Amend has range and accomplishments within multiple genres of art and design. He has exhibited ...

MADERA – Madera County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) has developed a webpage specific to Madera County businesses with updates related to COVID-19. In an effort to aid businesses in Madera County the MCDHP  newest resource, covid 19 business, has many business planning tools, including a business checklist poster and links to other useful resources. The California Department of Public Health ...

MADERA – The County of Madera Board of Supervisors approved a Small Business Pandemic Assistance Grant program to help support small businesses located in Madera County, including the City of Madera and the City of Chowchilla. “This program affirms the Board’s commitment to use available resources to help ensure businesses in the County see a path to recovery from this ...

OAKHURST – According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), one of the most common scams in the US and Canada today involves callers pretending to be government officials, some callers have gone to the extent of claiming that they are representatives from the Social Security Administration or law enforcement officers who threaten individuals with legal consequences if they do not ...