Picked up our library cards yesterday! Good folks who were friendly on all floors. Everyone was…read morehelpful, put 8 books on hold yesterday and I can't wait to be back to pick them up.

Lovely circulation staff, always willing to help and search for material. Lots of updated new…read morematerial and databases available.

The Yosemite Library is small, but yes, it's a real library in the middle of the valley!…read more The library is located on the outskirts of Yosemite Village, behind the Ranger Club house. It is closed during the off season, and is open for very limited hours during the busy season. Books in the library focus primarily on topics that are somehow related to nature or Yosemite. The librarian is super friendly. If you ask her, she'll give you the wifi password, plus some other great tips on how to find wifi around the valley. There are a few computers and chairs, and a few places where one could plug in some small electronics to charge. This is one of the smallest, but also one of the cutest libraries I've ever visited.

Lovely little library. I always try to bring some like new children's books to donate for their…read morefriends of the library sale. When I've gone I've seen very few children's books.

For all you Cali history buffs, here's a little story worth telling:…read more Once upon a time a long time ago there were these peeps called, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." Nope-wrong story! Doh! My daughters, Joy & Kris hate the Three Bears Story-just ask them! ANYWAY . . . sorry-I am definitely going off a major tangent . . . Focus! There's this guy named, John Charles Fremont who hung out with Lewis and Clark. All three guys explored from back East all the way to Cali. They were very good buddies who loved to explore and find what's out there beyond the 13 states. In San Diego County outside of Cuyamaca many miles after the sleepy town called, Alpine, you will find the Lewis and Clark Trail . . . with John C. Fremont leaving his mark in tow-literally! Wells Fargo wagons used Lewis and Clark Trail continuously for money and mail deliveries from back East to the Wild, Wild West. Fremont married Jessie Benton, who is the daughter of a prominant MA Senator who funded all Fremont's US explorations. Through Senator Benton's private funding: Well-renown mountain peaks were founded by John C. Fremont's other buddy, Pike who founded Pike's Peak to well-traveled roads which were used as wagon trails in the past are the direct result of John C. Fremont and his good ol' buddies' explorations. Fremont decided to call Cali his home and settled in a little town called Mariposa. Fremont found and owned four huge GOLD mines and settled outside Mariposa near Bear Valley Road and Highway 49. Fremont was always having problems with greedy peeps trying to raid his gold mines in the wee morning hours which vehemenently pissed Fremont off lividly. Fremont was always in Mariposa Court getting countless court injunctions to ward off any greedy peep encroaching on his mine ownership and helping themselves to Fremont's gold mine fortune. While becoming restless mining for gold, continuously fighting protecting his gold mining rights in court in Mariposa, Fremont began exploring WEST and founded a sleepy town called, Fremont CA. Fremont traveled on horseback from Mariposa all the way to these following familiar roads we drive today: El Camino Real, Mission, Foothill, Highway 580, Highway 680, Highway 24, Highway 880, Highway 280, Highway 35, Highway 1, Highway 120, Highway 41, Highway 49, Highway 5, Highway 101, Highway 80 . . . etc.! Fremont used to hang around Mare Island in Vallejo CA which was the first state capital of Cali. Check out the pics I took of the Mare Island Golf Course. That building I took a pic of was built in the mid-1800s. Incidentally, that building is the same building Fremont hung out with Lewis and Clark looking out at the Bay admiring the thousands upon thousands of birds nesting making ear-deafening sounds. Awesome, eh? From all Fremont's explorations, thankless hours were spent where Fremont had a sore bum and ______ from riding his horse everywhere. No wonder John C. Fremont never got Jessie Benton pregnant and Senator Benton stopped funding Fremont's explorations. So sad . . . The END. -30-30-

Well my review can't do justice like Shirley M.J.'s-but I will say this. The view is great-you can…read moresee the river and the bridge, and lots of mountains! Yep, what else can I say? Oh yeah, there's a lot of views of mountains!

An amazing group of people dedicated to growing businesses in the Yosemite Mountain communities…read more When I moved to Oakhurst the first thing I did was join the Chamber, and it has helped incredibly with networking and word of mouth. I recommend that all local businesses join, whether solo entrepreneurs, mom N pop shops, medium or big businesses.

At an intersection of farm and industrial, with a railroad right of way next to it. Maybe this plus…read morefarm country is why Noone has tried to buy or use eminent domain to take this guys edifice and acre, even for road widening. The grass is uncut around it so it is a foot deep marsh of water I wouldn't touch. I found the story on this guy and will attempt to post one of the links..the mexican store women caddy Corner to it claimed the usual "I'd nt know I don't connect to American culture" bs. Not cool. Then they saw a symbol I was wearing, suddenly in Spanish and then MIRACLE in English they shout.. George was a Mason! Hillarious how the impact of that design seems to permeate so many minds. They then said his most beloved items were buried underneath it. (monument) Now I've read the same info online. 68 ft high. Tallest around! Typical for Cali, it's a monument of a dead white rancher 1900, so there isn't enough money according to the Merced County government or court house "to maintain it or insure it, as much as we would like to".... Call it a monument to gay or ethnic or women rancheros and 50 agencies and Pepsi would have come forward and cleaned it up and said they were proud to sponsor it. Luckily George left 1,000 bucks in an annuity, which just barely covers the yearly property tax. For now.. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-26-mn-6442-story.html

It's okay? It's random and you can see it as you're driving to Yosemite on HW140. It doesn't have…read moreto be something you stop for but it's pretty messy. Graffiti and litter are everywhere. It could use a clean up. Learning about the history was interesting tho! Basically the dude had a complex and wanted something that was going to last with his name on it. Super random.

This library is located inside of Yosemite National park in the Wawona area. We had absolutely no…read morecell signal in Wawona, so we came over to use the free wifi. The library opens Mon-Friday from 1-6 PM, and from 10-3 on Sat. Closed on Sunday. Check their website in case hours may have changed http://www.mariposalibrary.org/branches.html The staff was very friendly, there are also LOTS of books for sale for .50 and 1 dollar, so stock up while you are here, especially because there is no cell signal anywhere in the Wawona area of the park (unless you are a Verizon customer-we were told, but cannot verify this because we had NO signal at all in the Wawona area and we have ATT and Cricket Wireless. Reading a good book by relaxing in your campsite is a great experience. The library has very good air conditioning, which provided a great respite from the 90+ F heat of the summer, it was a great place to cool off. There are computers for free use and also free wifi. If you are outside of business hours, it is possible to stand outside of the library and still access the free wifi. It may take a few minutes to load, so be patient. You may need to turn on and off your wifi in your phone to reset it so it can detect the network.

Hard to get a appointment. And once seen. It's hard to get appropriate help. Waiting time can be…read moreslow . Security is kind and respectful

Impossible to reach anyone and impossible to get a call back despite numerous messages left.read more

So far the UC Merced Police are nothing like the criminals at Merced Police…read more Yes, the UC Merced look at me and I look back at them. They smell trouble if they mess with me so they leave me alone. I've worked for nearly a dozen law enforcement agencies writing software. I have a default respect until they betray that trust then I bust them. I have busted 2 San Jose Police officers, 1 CHP officer and 1 Santa Clara Police officer for over reacting and escalating situations. So far the UC Merced Police are exemplary.

I'm not sure if this is Where I Leave a review for the dispatch at UC Merced Police but I'll give…read moreit a shot. Even though UC Merced Police Department did not handle the problem that I was having in finding my lost and possibly injured elderly father but I have no other way of thanking the kind lady name Gina that went far out of her way with her kindness and patience and willingness to listen that not one other department in Merced would do. She got information to help me within 10 minutes that I couldn't get through the Merced Police Department within four hours so I want to say thank you Gina for taking the time, for being genuinely concerned about my elderly father for listening and for your kindness you really deserve more than a positive review and I'll always be grateful.