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Amid government shutdown, Yosemite National Park is open with limited services

Yosemite National Park's Yosemite Valley.
(Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
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California’s Yosemite National Park is open to visitors despite the federal government shutdown but there’ll be nobody to greet them, help them navigate the trails or even make sure they’re in the right campground.

Spokesman Scott Gediman says the park that boasts the famous granite cliffs of Half Dome and El Capitan can’t pay all of its people, so rangers are being furloughed.

The visitors center is closed, along with some restrooms because there’s nobody to clean them. Campground visitors with reservations may find someone else in their spot because nobody will be checking.

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Some medical staff remain on the job and Gediman says privately operated concessions such as stores, hotels and restaurants are open.

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