YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- A wildfire has charred nearly 2,600 acres in Yosemite National Park, officials said. The so-called Meadow Fire is located east of Half Dome and near Little Yosemite ...

The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park has reopened. The popular destination, home to the beloved Grizzly Giant tree near the park’s south entrance, reopened Wednesday morning ...

YOSEMITE VALLEY, Calif. - The National Park Service said there's still no containment of a wildfire that started more than two weeks ago in Yosemite. The Pika Fire is burning northwest of North Dome ...

Fire crews are battling a small wildfire near Yosemite Valley inside the national park in central California. The Pika Fire was sparked by lightning June 29 and has charred 50 acres at the 7,100-foot ...

Northern California’s Mariposa County has been on high alert as the Oak Fire that has torched some 14,000-plus acres continues its path of destruction. Hot, dry conditions have made battling the blaze ...

A wildfire burning in Yosemite National Park in central California has grown but was mostly hemmed in by natural barriers, fire authorities said in an update on Tuesday. The Pika Fire is believed to ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Jan van Wagtendonk, a longtime federal scientist at Yosemite National Park who is credited with advocating the use of prescribed fire in managing forests, died ...

JERSEYDALE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters continue to make progress against a huge California forest fire that forced evacuations for thousands of people and destroyed 41 homes and other buildings near ...

Happy Thursday. I’m Corinne Purtill, a science and health reporter for The Times, filling in this week for the incomparable Sammy Roth. Last week my family drove north from Los Angeles on State Route ...