Few people, if any, know the San Joaquin River as well as Louis Moosios. Read comments

Officials with the California Fish and Game Commission have rejected changes to striped bass regulations, which farmers had sought to gain more access to water. Read comments

SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST -- Don't care what it says on the calendar. Tuesday was the first real day of winter. Read comments

Permits will again be required to hike to the top of Half Dome this year, but a new lottery system should make the process more fair. Read comments

Badger Pass Ski Area in Yosemite National Park will open for the season Thursday after recent storms dropped more than 24 inches of snow. Read comments

SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST -- Two orphaned bear cubs returned home to the mountains east of Fresno on Tuesday, nearly five months after a poacher killed their mother. Read comments

The calendar might say January, but outside it feels like never-ending autumn. Read comments

Packed on a few pounds over the holidays? Read comments

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LAKESHORE -- It hasn't snowed all month, but unmistakable tiny white flakes are starting to accumulate on Rich Bailey's parka and helmet. Read comments