Yosemite officials to close more than one-third of Curry Village cabins
Officials took the step after determining that the Glacier Point rockfall zone is too close to the popular spot at the national park. Conceding to the force of Mother Nature, officials at Yosemite National Park announced Friday that they are eliminating more than a third of the cabins and other accommodations at venerable Curry Village because of the threat of rockfalls at Glacier Point. ...

It will be tougher to find a room at Yosemite's Curry Village
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - Conceding to the force of Mother Nature, officials at Yosemite National Park announced Friday that they were yanking more than a third of the cabins and other accommodations at venerable Curry Village because of the threat of rockfalls at Glacier Point.

Chamber offers trip to China for business, cultural enrichment
The April 9-17 venture includes airfare, all accommodations and economic contacts.

La Toretta opens
Montgomery County residents and attendees received a sample of upscale accommodations coupled with waterside amenities at the opening of the 300-acre La Torretta Del Lago resort and spa Friday evening.

Judge Saenz leads effort to land Navy jets
County judge L. Arnoldo Saenz has taken a lead role in the efforts to advocate the accommodations of a U.S. Navy aircraft squadron at the auxiliary landing field in Orange Grove.

Autism support group marks anniversary
By KANDACE MCCOYkandace.mccoy@register-news.comMT. VERNON ? The Mt. Vernon Autism Support Group is celebrating its second anniversary and, in continuing efforts to help educate members, will be commemorating its milestone with additional services and accommodations.

Rockfalls Close Popular Cabins at Yosemite National Park, and Some Are Glad
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif., Nov. 21 -- The windows of the moss-covered wood cabins are dark now, the white canvas tents still. Rows of benches sit like ghosts before the amphitheater, its summer music now hushed by windy gusts and swirling leaves.

36 Hours in Seattle
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A New Elevator: The Nuts and Bolts
Now is a good time for buildings with older elevators to consider modernizing.

The Brandywine Valley
Though popular in the spring, the Brandywine Valley, stretching from West Chester, Pa., to Wilmington, Del., retains its luster in winter.

Why Barangay Sumilang is too silent
By Filomeno Aguilar Jr., Special To The Manila Times BARANGAY Sumilang is too quiet. The silence is unbroken by playful shrieks and giggly shouts of children running around the streets. It is as if all adults were off to work and all children were in school.

Carcar paints city, not town, red
CARCAR City Vice Mayor Nicepuro Apura allayed apprehensions the recent Supreme Court (SC) decision invalidating their status as a city may dampen today?s celebration of the 7th Kabkaban Festival.

Beijing to provide accommodations for beggars, vagrants as winter comes
Vagrants and beggars in Beijing will be given accommodation and meals as the winter temperature drops to minus degree, according to the municipal relief administration center. The center announced that as of Thursday evening, staff in the city's 18 relief stations will seek out vagrants and beggars. Each station is to reinforce street patrols, check the identities of vagrants and beggars, and ...

Austin Skiers offers group trips to ski resorts
Want to go skiing this season but don't want to plan the trip yourself? Check out Austin Skiers, a nonprofit club that organizes a slate of excursions to the world's best ski mountains.

Sartell Nonprofit Helps Orphanages In Need
Radiant joy came from a simple source for orphans in Peru. In 2007, Jan Hanson of Sartell helped build a wall around a school to protect a donated playground set from vandals.

Money player on defence felled by flu
Mike Labinjo couldn't go anywhere yesterday, and he won't be going anywhere next year, either.

Rock slide risks force Yosemite closures
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK - Yosemite National Park will close 233 cabin and tent sites in Curry Village due to the danger of rockfalls, park officials announced Friday.

Recovery house official wastes no time in filing permit application
Norwich - The door in front of the planning office was still locked when the operator of a substance-abuse recovery house arrived to file

Redskins 'doing the do'
Charles Darwin investigated the phenomenon. Rod Stewart entitled a record album with the phraseology.

Guests want to sleep on the patio while Dad's sick
Q: I need to use the patio area of my apartment for an extra sleeping area. My father is ill, and his family has come from another country to be with him for a short time. There is little money for them to stay in a hotel. The apartment manager has told me...