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  July 15, 2026 - National Weather Service Hanford Office officials report a Moderate Risk for Elevated Fire Danger will exist...
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- ProPublica: FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
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  Reporting Highlights Expensive Gifts: Despite regulating broadcast media, FCC commissioners have accepted pricey tickets to the...
- Two 18-Year-Old Suspects Arrested for Armed Robbery of a Teen in Clovis
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- KFF Health News: Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees on Medicaid
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- Coalition Sues Trump-Vance Administration Over Harmful, Unlawful Changes to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, Say, Administration’s Changes Endanger Young People, Democracy Forward Reports
  2026-07-15 03:42:07
  Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Longstanding Bipartisan-Supported Program Has Been Successful in Reducing Unintended...
- Department of the Interior Returns Management of Grizzly Bears to the West; Secretary of the Interior Burgum Says, “Under The Leadership Of President Trump, We’re Following The Science, Upholding The Law And Ending Politics Masquerading As Conservation”
  2026-07-15 03:34:07
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- Voter-Approved Top Tax Rates Have Generated Nearly $120 Billion for California’s Schools and Essential Services, New Publication by California Budget & Policy Center Finds
  2026-07-15 03:25:52
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- Florida Officials Pause Designation of Prominent Civil Rights Groups as ‘Terrorist Organizations’, Southern Poverty Law Center Reports
  2026-07-15 03:21:10
  July 15, 2026 - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On Tuesday evening, Florida officials paused their plan to designate the Council on...
- California Proposed Initiative Enters Circulation: Repeals “Top Two” Open Primary Election Process
  2026-07-15 03:17:35
  July 15, 2026 - Sacramento, Calif. – California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., announced that the proponent of a...
- PG&E Monitoring High Wind Event, Is Preparing for Possible Public Safety Power Shutoff Beginning Today (Wednesday) for Portions of 10 Counties
  2026-07-15 03:14:47
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- Kelley Blue Book June 2026 Report: As Buyers Gravitate Toward More Affordable Segments, Industry-Wide Vehicle Prices Hold Steady
  2026-07-15 03:09:32
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- Mariposa Library to Host a Spooktacular Summerween Celebration on Wednesday, July 22, 2026
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  July 15, 2026 - Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released new data from the Department of Defense...
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- California State Senator Scott Wiener Calls For ICE Accountability Following Murders in Maine and Texas, Says, “These Murders Will Continue Until ICE Knows They Face Real Consequences For Lawless Behavior”
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  July 15, 2026 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following statement regarding the shooting in...
- Mariposa County Daily Sheriff and Booking Report for Tuesday, July 14, 2026
  2026-07-15 00:33:34
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  July 14, 2026 – SACRAMENTO, CA – U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announces the separate indictments of a Stockton man and a Modesto man...
- Plumas County Sheriff Reports Reno Woman Killed in Fatal Boating Collision at Frenchman Lake
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- KFF Health News: Lawmakers Look To Make Abortion Shield Laws Less Dependent on Who’s Governor
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- Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Health and Human Services Sign MOU To Improve Cooperation On Psychedelic Drug Trials
  2026-07-14 03:39:32
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- Governor Newsom Expands Mobile Driver’s License Access For Millions Of Californians
  2026-07-14 03:34:04
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- Governor Newsom Signs Bill Permanently Funding California’s Nation-Leading Farm to School Program, Ensuring Schools Can Continue Serving Students Healthy Meals Made With California-Grown Ingredients
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- U.S. Senator Tina Smith’s Bipartisan Rural Housing Supply Legislation Becomes Law. Includes Helping Preserve, Protect, and Stabilize Manufactured Housing Communities.
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Mariposa and Yosemite Valley Weather for Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Note: Valid at 6:00 A.M.

Note: Heat Advisory in effect until Thursday, July 16, 11:00 PM PDT

Sunny and warmer with a high temp of around 99 degrees and a low temp of around 73 degrees. Possible daytime/evening 20/25 mph wind gusts.

Yosemite Valley: Sunny and warmer with a high temp of around 94 degrees and a low temp of around 60 degrees.

Mariposa weather for Thursday: Sunny and cooler with a high temp of around 95 degrees and a low temp of around 71 degrees. Possible daytime/evening 15 mph wind gusts.

Future high temps for Mariposa: Fri.: 94 degrees. Sat.: 92 degrees. Sun.: 91 degrees.

Mariposa’s future rain chances:
Sun. Night: 20% chance of late rain.