The Half Dome cables in Yosemite National Park come down today, signaling the end of the busy period on this iconic trail, and drawing a line under what has been a deadly summer. The final 400-foot ...

Whenever someone dies on Yosemite’s Half Dome while climbing or descending the infamous cables section, I am always surprised. Not surprised it happened. Surprised it doesn’t happen more frequently.

To the editor: My suggestion for making Half Dome safer is to take the cables down. Not just part of the year, as is done now, but all year. (“After a young woman falls to her death in Yosemite, Half ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The cable handrails that allow visitors to pull themselves up Half Dome in Yosemite National Park are joining a long list of other sites on the National Register ...

Hikers use cables to make their way toward the Half Dome summit in Yosemite National Park in 2015. (Marc Martin / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: My suggestion for making Half Dome safer is to take ...