The closures come after a 17-year-old boy drowned in the Merced River Saturday evening. Crews are still searching for his body. Wednesday afternoon, a man and a woman were rafting in the river ...

On March 1, Yosemite's team measured the Merced River drainage, which was at 72 percent of average snowpack, while the Tuolumne River stood at 83 percent. "This current storm should push us closer ...

On Monday morning, the Merced River peaked a few inches below flood stage and below the forecasted peak. Snow surveys conducted May 1 were 231% of average for the Merced River basin and 253% of ...

SAN FRANCISCO – As the biggest snowpack on record starts to melt, rivers are rising and most of Yosemite Valley will close beginning Friday night due to flooding, the National Park Service ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two people were rescued from the Merced River in Snelling on Wednesday, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Vern Warnke says deputies and Cal ...

For far too long, the people of California – especially those of us in the agriculturally vital San Joaquin Valley – have ...

Water levels in the Merced River, which flows through the park, have been on the rise as warmer temperatures start to melt the huge influx of snow that California, previously in a drought ...

Heredia's family is also his team. Fully geared and ready to dive into the Merced River, he never goes in without a kiss from his wife and daughter. Heredia, who lives in Stockton, said he does ...