The California & Yosemite Free Agent covers the important news from Yosemite National Park and its ‘Gateway’ communities of the central Sierra Nevada Mountains.

No frills. No AI slop. No regurgitation of press releases. Just journalism. Real news, reported fairly, without cheap shots or punches pulled. And it is free, because information essential for democracy shouldn’t come with a price tag.

As an investigative television reporter for 30 years, I returned to my family’s home in Mariposa County where I spent a year re-learning the terrain as a reporter for the Mariposa Gazette. The California & Yosemite Free Agent represents the accumulation of that experience covering the region I’ve always called home.

Tom Lyden

Editor-in-Chief, California Free Agent, LLC