. >> dahler: finally tonight there are plenty of maps and apps that can guide you to yosemite national parknt to see the top of el capitan? as carter evans shows us can climb or just click. >> reporter: it's one thing to see a national wonder like yosemite national park from a distance, but now you can see one of its icons up close. this week, google took its street view technology off road and straight up the imposing 3,000-foot wall of el capitan. >> we honestly, when we started, had no idea if it would actually work. >> reporter: deanna yick is the program manager for google street view. >> how are we functionally going to do this? how are we going to rig this contraption to the side of this vertical cliff? >> reporter: they did it by mounting cameras on three of the world's most elite climbers and on the rock face so you can see just how precarious things are looking at them and from their perspective. tommy caldwell, who gained notoriety this year for scaling el capitan's don wall is one of the google climbers. >> that ability to share the energy that we as climbers derive from being i

victoria reports it is having a major impact on a national treasure yosemite national park. it is one of the most beautiful national parks in the united states, but even yosemite can't escape. the effects can be seen all around. scott has been a ranger for nearly 20 years. he says the river is usually twice as high. >> this is the true indicator to me. seeing that the river level here in the river is just over three feet, and here we are it isn't even summer yet and we are looking at warmer temperatures a record low snowpack just tells me how much of a drought we are really in. >> to cut connions by 25% yosemite isn't subject to the cuts because it is managed be i the federal government, be uh the park is appealing to visitors not to waste water. >> everybody is very conservative. if we have left over water bottles we aren't throwing it away, we are using it for coffee there's just little things you can do to cob can serve. >> and the drought isn't just effecting nature, these visitors are going on one of the last trims. >> when the water gets down to 1.5 feet that's when the

. >> i'm here in beautiful yosemite national park in the heart of the united states of america, the landfree and i'm going to talk to you guys about the legalities of base jumping in the national parks. yose national park mational parks in the united states i've never base jumped in a national park because in the united states of america, base jumping in national parks it is illegal. >> this is a problem for base jumpers because it basically forces them to jump at these locations under subpar conditions. >> so they're doing it illegally or at off hours, things like that? >> yes. >> i know we've seen videos of these guys doing jumps in national parks. >> they are doing it illegally. back in may the sport lost two huge base jumpers, graham hunt and dean potter. >> base jumpers choose to take conditions that are not favorable to be able to perform the activities on what they really love to do. >> jonathan with this video wants to change that and he has started a petition. >> help us by signing this petition to congress to change the law, allowing us to enjoy this beautiful national park and

yosemite national park is under threat, an uncontrollable blaze that's doubling in size every day. >> this is the burn area? >> yes, here. 95 square miles, 105,400 acres. >> for some of these firefighters, this could be their 6th or 7th major fire of the season. >> a long, hot summer filled with risks that have too often turned to tragedy. >> if you get a spot, i want to know where, how big, and intensity - immediately we're going to want some eyes somewhere it's gotta be aerial or it's gotta be something we gotta have a lookout. bravo, firing lookout. ok, let's get it done, let's button this up. >> the brush is ready to burn, it's getting later in the season. it's definately going to be up there as some of the biggest in california. >> helicopters are dropping water on that side, and on this side, these firefighters are actually setting fire to the hillside - so that this area is burned - the main fire won't be able to jump across the valley and threaten the properties down below. >> prison inmates are at this fire too. while the hillside is set ablaze, they're hiking down to clear t

. >>> the national park service has chosen a new company to run hotels, restaurants, and other concessions at yosemiterk officials say aramark has days to accept the deal. the change would happen next year. a parks spokesman says visitors shouldn't expect to see changes. they would run the shops and camp grounds. >>> on wall start, stocks were up today on news from the federal reserve. the dow gained 31. the nasdaq was up 9, and the s & p 500 added 4. the fed indicated that when it decides to raise interest rates, it will do so at a gradual pace. >>> fit bit, which makes a fitness tracking device set its price at $20 a share. that's up from the 16 to $17 per share they were estimating earlier this week. tomorrow, trading begins on the new york stock exchange. it is estimated that the company is worth more than $4 billion. >>> a bay area non-profit that uses animals to help people is now asking for some help of its own. jasper rage farm serves portola valley. the animals are having to commute from gilroy. >> reporter: the goal is to bring animals together with the people who need them the most. sometim

. >> reporter: residents have been evacuated in mariposa county near yosemite national park this afternoon due to a wildfire. firefighters are battling the blaze which is around 15-miles west of the park. it has burned at least fifteen acres and is around twenty percent contained. an unknown number of residents have been evacuated. and investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the spark. no injuries have been reported. thousands of protestors have gathered in germany in time for the g-7 summit. they are protesting a wide range of causes. from climate change to free trade. police in riot gear walked along side them as they marched through town earlier today. yesterday. a small group of protestors clashed with police. at least three people were injured. including an officer. no arrests were made. meanwhile. president obama arrived in germany today to attend the g-7 meeting. russian involvement in ukraine is a top issue at the summit. and the president is expected to work to extend sactions on russia.until it honors cease- fire from our partners at c-n-n.andy rose reports. >>:"

concessions at yosemite national park may soon be under new management. delaware north has been operating the area for more than a decade but now a $2 billion is until deals with air mark which currently has contracts with six other national parks. if approved they would take over next year. >>> a member of the board of supervisors wants to eliminate racial profiling in san francisco. it would require police and sheriff's deputies to report the race of every person stopped by law enforcement in response to high-profile killings of black men by cops in other cities. >>> ellen pao has to pay part of her legal fees from her former lawyer. she sued kleiner perkins on gender discrimination and retaliation. she lost the suit. now she owes $276,000 to the menlo park capital venture firm. the firm had offered her a $1 million settlement before the trial started but she refused the offer. >>> san francisco made history by opening the nation's first lgbt homeless center. it's called, jazzie's place, located on south van ness avenue and 21st. the building has 24 bed

farther north fires are burning near yosemite national park and even in alaska. >>> back in philadelphiaclosures are going to make it pretty tough to get around center city tomorrow morning. streets near old pnb building are going to be closed so that a helicopter can remove an old air conditioning unit from atop one south broad street. crews will also install a support system for a new ac unit. >>> streets from 11th to 16th near market will be closed around city hall from 6:00 in the morning until 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon so make sure to give yourself some extra time. it is going to be tough navigating the city tomorrow. not that it's ever easy. >>> on the cbs3 health watch tonight we have all heard of a face-lift in order to look younger now doctors are offering a voice lift so that we can sound younger. our health reporter stephanie stahl shows us how it works. >> reporter: as we age like everything else, so do our voices. >> i gave you a sample of a voice from a 13-year-old. >> i think it's going to be a good year. >> a 25-year-old. >> how does something like that happen. >> then

further north in california, a wildfire in the sierra national forest south of yosemite national parkhreatens few buildings but it destroyed roy mccain's home. >> it's a loss. everything i got's gone. >> reporter: even in alaska fire season has started with a vengeance. the 7,000-acre sockeye fire burned right across the parks highway between anchorage and fairbanks. with conditions so dry after four years of drought work to prevent wildfires is particularly urgent this year. north of san francisco work crews have been busy where forest grows to the edge of densely populated towns. carlcarl anders sanders and watershed manager. >> our primary concern is the fuels to or left in the forest canopy. >> reporter: dead trees, dying trees. >> that add to what we call the the fuel load. >> reporter: in preparation for a worst-case fire season, scott, california has added two air tankers and hundreds of firefighters. >> pelley: john, thanks very much. gulf was the last thing on anyone's mind when a top player went down at the u.s. open. that's next. from centrum. a complete, and tasty new way

people got out of nearly 30 homes in a rural area west of yosemite national park. overnight the red cross used a church as an evacuation center providing meals and health services as well as the place to sleep. last night the fire was 20% contained. >>> some bay area landlords have found a way to deal with skyrocketing water bills. kpix 5's mark kelly shows us they're passing the buck to their tenants. >> reporter: the ruiz family says the drought has them using less water in their apartment. >> my message is we tried to save water. >> reporter: water rates and penalties are rising as california goes into the fourth year of drought. now, landlords are beginning to pass the cost on to renters. who don't normally pay a water bill. but the ruiz family doesn't think passing the buck to renters will solve california's crisis. >> not agree to force people to pay more. i mean, in general. only the people who really have used -- the use of water. >> reporter: landlord matthew says when renters forced to fay their own water bill. they could stop conserving entirely. >> i'm

the water crisis is in its fourth years, and rangers at yosemite national park says it could be disastrous. >> reporter: it's one of the most beautiful national parks in the united states. the yosemite cannot escape the drought ravaging california. scott has been a ranger for 20 years, and says water levels are twice as high. >> this is the true indicator for me. looking under the gauge, and seeing the river level in the river is just over three feet and here we are, it's not even summer, and we are looking at warmer temperatures, a record-low snow pack tells me how much of a drought we are in. >> reporter: california's governor announced state-wide water restrictions cutting consumption to 25%. yosemite is not part of it. the mark is appealing to visitors. everyone is very conservative. if we have left-over water bottles, if we are not throwing it away we are using it for coffee. there's little things we can do to conserve. >> the drought is not just affecting nature. tourism has taken a hit. this is going on one of the last trips of the season. outings ending a month earlier than usual.

francisco you're taking what you tell the world is the cleanest water in america right out of yosemite national park, piping it across the central valley into san francisco area, clean it, you really don't have to do much cleaning because it's already cleaned, use it once, and you pipe it a mile offshore and dump it in the ocean. recycling is necessary in every part of california. another million, perhaps more, acre feet of water could be available through recycling. so conservation recycling -- conservation, recycling three, four million acre feet, we're getting close to what california needs in the future. so where are you going to put the water? in even in the midst of a drought? we've had heavy rain flows, no place to put the water. my colleague from northern california, the sacramento valley, we've introduced a bill to build an offstream storage reservoir d -- reservoir here on the west side of the sacramento valley. a reservoir that could hold 200 million acre feet of water, slightly less, and that water would be available when needed. it could flow down the sacramento river sweetening, pushin

. >>> scientists studying the ecosystems of national parks are tracking a new species, humans. visitors at a colorado park and yosemitein california were given gps devices. the scientists are using them to track where people go. the information will be used to make decisions like whether to add rest rooms in certain areas or more trails. >>> the phillies have quite a father's day weekend in store for their fans. >> it starts tonight with a game against the cardinals. you can watch that here on nbc 10 starting at 7:00. tonight the phils and the cards take you back to the '60s with vintage uniforms. then tomorrow night, take a nonperishable food item to donate to hungry families. on sunday all men 15 and over get a free 1960s vintage phillies cap. >> a win would be a good gift. >>> visit the battleship "new jersey" on father's day. that's on the camden river front. opens up at 9:30 on sunday morning, father's day. a portion of your purchase will go toward keeping the new jersey in ship shape. >>> happening today, everyone into the pool in philadelphia. the city's public pools will open up for the summer beginning this a

yosemite national park may soon be under new management. north has been in charge of the park. hotels, restaurants, and outdoor activities for over a decade. but now a $2 billion has been offered to aero mark. it holds other contracts with national parks. if it is approved they take over on march 1. the park celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. >> how tranquil. >>> still ahead the thieves didn't take money or a cell phone. the unusual items swiped from the bay area rodeo queen and how social media could come to the rescue. >> plus, it's been super successful but now uber is facing a setback that could change thi >>> a rodeo queen has lost her chaps. john ramos says thieves have taken more than her riding apparel. they have stolen her dreams. >> reporter: in the peninsula town of portola valley it sometimes feels like there are more horses than people. paige ryan is a salesperson at the local saddle and tack store. but she is much more than that. >> i'm paige ryan the 2015 roundup queen. >> reporter: paige worked four years to capture

he travels the world to places like california's yosemite national park. >> i'm going to do it! concur taft point without a safety harness, a 99-foot walk on a one-inch-thick nylon rope, a vertigo-inducing 6,900 feet over yosemite valley. remember, this is without any safety gear. >> whoo-hoo! >> mich is considered one of the world's best high-line slackliners, both with and without a safety harness. >> the feeling is amazing because you control yourself. and if you lose focus, it's getting dangerous. >> slacklining has been around for decades. this video from 1938 in india shows a man balancing on a loose, bouncy rope, hence the name slack line. these days, the line mich walks is more taut, and he takes the sport to new heights. once the nylon rope is stretched and anchored, mich gets to work. he makes it look easy, but make no mistake, it's not. even members of mich's entourage, who all use a harness. ♪ ♪ >> mich keeps his fear of falling in check. >> fear is not good. if you don't know how to control fear, it's becoming way more dangerous. >> green lake, austria. mich travers

now, farther north, fires are burning near yosemite national park and even in alaska. >> but, it is raind lots of it, reaking havoc in the south and in the mid wells. the precipitation is all thanks to the renmant of tropical storm bill. now, flooding has claimed several lives in oklahoma the red river which divides texas, oklahoma, now threatening to reach the highway. that runs over us. so, not a great situation there. >> but a lightning strike apparently captured on camera in texas carol. have you heard about this? the deputy driving down the road then all the sudden apparently lightning hit the side of the road it, blue dirt on to the air, no one hurt, good news here, but drivers just kept moving along apparently there is no guarantee on safety, carol. >> being in the car was the best thing and just keeping on moving if you have that lightning. our weather watchers are up this morning nicole. we are happy to say. and they are not all that hey with the forecast, some of them though, are finding some sunshine in the forecast, just because of their attitude. and i think that's probably

farther north, fires are burning near yosemite national park even in alaska., it is rain, and lots of it, reaking absolute havoc in the south and in the midwest precipitation is all thanks of course to the renmant of this tropical storm bill. flooding had a claimed several lives in oklahoma unfortunately. the red river that divides texas and oklahoma now threatening to reach the highway. that runs over it, and that's frightening, carol to see that. >> you know, it is, and this storm is tenacious, this tropical storm bill, not even tropical storm any more, but lock at the rain there, they have got a lot of rain through the center of the country. take a look at storm scan3 we are looking at where bill is right now. or what was once bill. and even so, it is just going to be soggy around here. it is already getting very soggiment look at cincinnati. and it has got little bit of territory to go before it get to us. right now none of this is actually hitting the ground around the philadelphia area. we just have the cloudy skies but we've got so much moisture in the

people got out of nearly 30 homes yesterday and a rural area west of yosemite national park. overnight the red cross used a church as an evacuation center. providing meals and health services as well as the place to sleep. last night the fire was 20% contained. >>> all right, now 20 minutes after 6:00 on monday morning. b.a.r.t. announces plans for emergency track work and it could create chi quite a -- quite a mess during a couple of weekends this summer. >> and i'm dennis o'donnell, coming up from oracle. the warriors try to make it 2-0 in the series against the calves, th my name is fernando gonzalez. i'm the gas service supervisor here in sonoma county. we moved up here 35 years ago and we just love it up here, it's a fantastic place to live. our function is customer support... ...making sure that our customers are safe and that's the most important thing. we know we are part of a huge company but sonoma county is our home. sonoma county is our pg&e. what we're doing really means something in the community and it's just a great, great feeling. together, we're building a b

people had to get out of nearly 30 homes yesterday in a rural area west of yosemite national park. >>ur i-device. stay with us, traffic >>> good morning everyone, i'm liza batallones. if you're heading for the bay bridge toll plaza, set aside extra time. it's still delayed with the metering lights on traffic still backed up from the foot of the macarthur maze approaching oakland. meanwhile the rest of the commute has been holding steady. no major problems to report to you still for the golden gate drive. southbound traffic leaving well heading into san francisco. at the san mateo bridge we may have a new accident or stalled car, very heavy traffic for that westbound direction. leaving the toll flat section approaching the high-rise. mass transit wise we're in good shape. no b.a.r.t. delays all morning long, still on schedule with no problems through the ferries, caltrain or the altamonte commuter express robert that. >>> in you can see a little bit of fog squashed deck underneath the golden gate bridge. it's wiping away very quickly now. temperatures were all the way up to 71 degrees

national parks tell a rich history through landscapes, natural wonders. the yosemite national park in california, the cave system in kentucky to the great smoky mountains in tennessee and north carolina, our national parks are an essential part of the american fabric and have been called america's best idea. this bill properties approximately $2.33 billion for the operation of the national park service over the next year. this is more than $187 billion below the amount that was requested by the president. this account funds the critical needs such as support services for new responsibilities within the system, resource stewardship. the national park system is a national driver of economic activity. more than 275 million people visit our national parks each year. in 2013, every dollar invested in the national park service saw a return of $10. we need to do better in ensuring this economic engine and beacon of american tourism is operating at the highest level so it can fulfill its environmental and cultural role. to ensure it has proper funding ensures we are able to h

. >> julie abram from california, she lives about 15 miles from yosemite national park and sent us a. >> he looks very, very cute and he is gorgeous but, of course, this guy will start to eat up some of your vegetables and stuff so if you're looking for deer-resistant or animal-resistant plant, here's a couple for you. and they're drought tolerant. you want to hold him. put your hand under his bum there. >> okay! yes, yes. >> do they bite? >> well, they have these amazing teeth. this one won't bite. alvin is very, very calm. >> he might nurse. [ laughter ] >> let's not go there, shall we? myrtle, heather and zinnia down the front. all water wise and that's their great solution now this here is my little concoction to keep the vermin away. although he's cute we don't want him eating vegetables be. >> but we don't want to hurt him either. >> and if we don't want to hurt him you don't want to use chemicals. so your whole idea here, it's fish emulsion. >> oh, my god. >> calm down it's organic, don't panic. and i'll just use this to mix ate little bit. so you basically just mix that fish

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nation's natural wonders. cbs news correspondent carter evans has the details. >>> it is one thing to see a natural wonder like yosemite natural parkyou can see one of it icons up close. this week, google took its street view technology, off road and straight up, the imposing 3,000-foot wall of elcapitan. >> we had no identify fee it would actually work. >> the program manager for google street view. >> how are we functionally going to do this? how are we going to rig this contraption to the side of this vertical cliff? >> they did it beaumont "action cam" last on three of the world's mossee heat climbers, and on the rock face, so you can see just how precarious things are looking at them, and from their perspective. >> tommy caldwell, gained note or or at this this year by dawning the one, one of the google climbers. >> ability to share the energy that we as climbers derive from being in positions like that that's just incredibly cool for me. >> it just transports you to that space. >> this is a perspective that only these top climbers are able to see and to see what they see is just remarkable. >> just way more after inter-active