Despite one fire in the park and one to the west, rangers said Yosemite Valley is operating as usual. The park’s south entrance, Highway 41, is expected to reopen Saturday morning.

The southern entrance of Yosemite National Park is scheduled to reopen now that firefighters have made headway with containing the wildfire that was threatening the park's iconic sequoia trees ...

Glacier Point Road South of Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Road is closed, but not because of the fire. The road is undergoing an improvement project that started in April.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (KFSN) -- As containment continues to grow on the Washburn Fire, the south entrance to Yosemite Valley on Highway 41 will re-open.

If you show up at the park entrance without one, there is a high likelihood you’ll be turned around and denied entry, or forced to wait hours in line. Here’s what you need to know.

“At 1:10 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm over Yosemite National, or 16 miles north of Yosemite South Entrance, moving southwest at 5 mph,” states the NWS Hanford CA.

James Otterman, from Virginia, left, takes park information after checking in at the south entrance as Yosemite National Park re-opens after a historic closure Thursday, June 11, 2020.

Yosemite restricts park access through southern entrance526 people were arrested for impaired driving last year by the NRP. It has decided to no longer name individuals charged with the crime ...