Yosemite National Park to reopen to limited visitors this summer as pandemic continues
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Yosemite National Park will require advanced reservations for day visitors during the peak summer season to limit the number of visitors and allow social distancing in the nearly 1,200-square-mile federal preserve amid the pandemic.
Under the new rules, advance reservations will be required for day-use visitors who enter Yosemite from May 21 to September 30, the San Jose Mercury News reported. The park's superintendent, Cicely Muldoon, said large crowds already have been coming to the park in recent weeks, and there are still cases of COVID-19 spreading in California as well as other states and countries from where visitors are coming.As part of "CBS News Sunday Morning"'s annual "By Design" special edition, the production team turned to the renowned designer and architect David Rockwell and his Rockwell Group team to digitally reimagine the broadcast's set. The one-time makeover will be revealed Sunday, May 19 on CBS, and streamed on Paramount+.
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