Tracie Cone

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Agriculture is bright spot in California economy

Tracie Cone · July 25, 2012 10:57 pm

Interior plan expedites solar development in West

Tracie Cone · July 25, 2012 12:10 am

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 20, 2008 file photo, restriction tape blocks an area at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park, Calif., after a boulder fell during a rock slide. Falling boulders are the single biggest force shaping Yosemite Valley, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the nationâs system of national parks. Now large swaths of popular haunts deemed unsafe are closing as officials acknowledge they knew for more than a decade ago that unsuspecting tourists were being lodged in harmâs way. On Thursday, June 14, 2012, the National Park Service will announce that potential danger from the unstable 3,000-foot-tall slab of granite known as Glacier Point, a picturesque promontory that for decades has provided a dramatic backdrop to park entertainment events, will leave uninhabitable large parts of Yosemite Valleyâs most popular lodging areas. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Falling boulder risk forces Yosemite closures

Tracie Cone · June 14, 2012 7:43 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 20, 2008 file photo, restriction tape blocks an area at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park, Calif., after a boulder fell during a rock slide. Falling boulders are the single biggest force shaping Yosemite Valley, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the nationâs system of national parks. Now large swaths of popular haunts deemed unsafe are closing as officials acknowledge they knew for more than a decade ago that unsuspecting tourists were being lodged in harmâs way. On Thursday, June 14, 2012, the National Park Service will announce that potential danger from the unstable 3,000-foot-tall slab of granite known as Glacier Point, a picturesque promontory that for decades has provided a dramatic backdrop to park entertainment events, will leave uninhabitable large parts of Yosemite Valleyâs most popular lodging areas. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

APNewsBreak: Rock risk forces Yosemite closures

Tracie Cone · June 14, 2012 11:51 am

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 20, 2008 file photo, restriction tape blocks an area at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park, Calif., after a boulder fell during a rock slide. Falling boulders are the single biggest force shaping Yosemite Valley, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the nationâs system of national parks. Now large swaths of popular haunts deemed unsafe are closing as officials acknowledge they knew for more than a decade ago that unsuspecting tourists were being lodged in harmâs way. On Thursday, June 14, 2012, the National Park Service will announce that potential danger from the unstable 3,000-foot-tall slab of granite known as Glacier Point, a picturesque promontory that for decades has provided a dramatic backdrop to park entertainment events, will leave uninhabitable large parts of Yosemite Valleyâs most popular lodging areas. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

APNewsBreak: Rock risk forces Yosemite closures

Tracie Cone · June 14, 2012 8:23 am

APNewsBreak: Rock risk means Yosemite closures

Tracie Cone · June 14, 2012 12:00 am