This town tucked high in the Chiricahua Mountains is surrounded by towering cliffs and lush forests. Here's how to plan a trip to tiny Portal, AZ.

Yosemite National Park has been dealing with overcrowding issues for decades, according to National Park Service officials. In 1980, Yosemite welcomed 2 million visitors. By 1996, that number had ...

But on Thursday McClintock broke his silence and published an op-ed that infuriated park employees and gateway residents. Here’s his gist: The federal workforce is bloated. Only a few Yosemite ...

For a few magical days each year, Yosemite’s famous Firefall phenomenon returns—turning Horsetail Fall into a glowing stream of molten fire! This breathtaking event, caused by the perfect ...

Q: Multiple parking meters have illegible displays preventing their intelligent use — you can no longer decipher the message in the little window. One of these is on Ventura Boulevard near ...

A well-known bureaucratic response to any attempt to reduce government spending is called, “The Washington Monument Strategy.” Whenever somebody suggests cutting the budget, just shut down the ...

A federal employee impacted by DOGE went from Yosemite’s El Capitan to Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s El Capitan Wednesday night. At the end of his monologue, Kimmel introduced Nate Vince, a locksmith at ...

This past weekend we knew we wouldn’t need a reservation to get into Yosemite National Park — unlike the previous three weekends when $2 day-use reservations were definitely required, in ...

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