Potrero Hill Marmot Returns To Home Turf, Promptly Tries To Get Into Prius

Potrero Hill Marmot Returns To Home Turf, Promptly Tries To Get Into Prius

A marmot that hitched a ride into San Francisco from Yosemite National Park two weeks ago was returned back to its home territory on Monday…

Captured Potrero Hill Marmot to be Returned to Yosemite Monday

Captured Potrero Hill Marmot to be Returned to Yosemite Monday

A marmot that hitched a ride into San Francisco from Yosemite National Park two weeks ago was captured in a Potrero Hill backyard Wednesday afternoon,…

Officials: Massive Rim Fire Won’t Be Contained Until October

Officials: Massive Rim Fire Won’t Be Contained Until October

A massive wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park since last month is 84 percent contained, with full containment now predicted to occur by Oct. 1,…

SFPUC Commissioners Asked To Approve Emergency Funding For San Francisco Water Service Repairs

SFPUC Commissioners Asked To Approve Emergency Funding For San Francisco Water Service Repairs

The San Francisco Public Utilities commissioners were updated this afternoon about the damage and repair efforts at the Hetch Hetchy water and power facilities after…

SF Nonprofit Launches Rim Fire Recovery Campaign To Restore Area Devastated By Blaze

SF Nonprofit Launches Rim Fire Recovery Campaign To Restore Area Devastated By Blaze

The Tuolumne River Trust, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that works to protect the watershed area near Yosemite National Park, launched the “Rim Fire Recovery Campaign”…

Rim Fire Damages SF Water And Power Systems To Tune Of $30 Million

Rim Fire Damages SF Water And Power Systems To Tune Of $30 Million

Damage to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission water and power system near Yosemite National Park where the massive Rim Fire has been burning since…

Weed’s Off The Hook: Officials Say Hunter’s Illegal Actions To Blame For Massive Yosemite Rim Fire

Weed’s Off The Hook: Officials Say Hunter’s Illegal Actions To Blame For Massive Yosemite Rim Fire

The massive Rim Fire, now the fourth-largest wildfire in California’s history, was sparked by a hunter’s illegal fire, U.S. Forest Service officials said today. The…

Officials: Massive Yosemite Rim Fire Won’t Be Contained Until September 20

Officials: Massive Yosemite Rim Fire Won’t Be Contained Until September 20

The massive “Rim Fire” in and around Yosemite National Park was 75 percent contained as of this morning, however the U.S. Forest Service is estimating…

Camp Tawonga Counselor Mourned

Memories of a Jewish summer camp counselor who was killed when a tree fell at Camp Tawonga near Yosemite National Park have been pouring in…

Staff Member Killed When Tree Falls At Camp Tawonga

Staff Member Killed When Tree Falls At Camp Tawonga

4:30 PM: A staff member at a Jewish summer camp near Yosemite National Park died and as many as 20 people were injured this morning…