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Fires ignite in foothills

Two separate fires ignited Sunday in the San Joaquin Valley foothills, each burning more than 1,000 acres and forcing some Mariposa County residents out of their homes, Cal Fire said.

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MARIPOSA AND YOSEMITE

Yosemite National Park visitors reflect on danger

The two sisters boarded the morning bus to the Happy Isles trail head, ice cream cones in hand.
DEBBIE CROFT: MARIPOSA LIFE

Mariposa Pizza Factory reopens

It was a celebration worth coming home for.
MARIPOSA AND YOSEMITE

Hearing set in Mariposa museum theft case

One of the five men accused in the robbery of the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa last year appeared in court Monday.
MARIPOSA AND YOSEMITE

Teams hunt for missing Yosemite hiker, 73

Rangers were searching Monday for a hiker who went missing at Yosemite National Park the day before.
BUSINESS

Longtime Mariposa business rises from ashes

Nearly one year ago, the owners of the historic Pizza Factory watched in horror as a large fire engulfed their family business.
MARIPOSA AND YOSEMITE

Mariposa museum robbers reach plea deals

Two of five men accused of participating in last year's $1.3 million robbery at the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa pleaded no contest Monday to numerous charges.
MARIPOSA AND YOSEMITE

Tour bus crash injures 16 people

A shuttle bus crash near Yosemite National Park left 16 people injured Saturday evening, said Sgt. Edward Greene of the California Highway Patrol.
MARIPOSA AND YOSEMITE

Yosemite plans face roadblocks

A bill to expand Yosemite National Park has won the support of California's senators, but apparent skepticism from the conservative congressman who now represents the park.
MARIPOSA AND YOSEMITE

Student takes on marathon after fall from Half Dome

Katie Kolesar saw her friend fall off a ledge while rock climbing in Yosemite in August, and she figured he had died. That's when she felt the ropes tug her, sending her pitching head first off Half Dome, and she thought she was a goner, too.
MARIPOSA AND YOSEMITE

Tourism in Yosemite creates economic benefit

OAKHURST -- More than $379 million was spent by more than 4 million visitors in the communities surrounding Yosemite National Park in 2011, according to a spending analysis report by Michigan State University.