Officials have confirmed that two people died in a rockslide around 9 a.m. on El Portal Road near Big Oak Flat Road.
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The two victims have been identified as Georgios Theocharous, 51, and Ming Yan, 35, a couple from San Jose.
A portion of El Portal Road near the Highway 140 entrance to Yosemite was closed for several hours after the rockslide but has since reopened.
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NPS geologists are investigating the cause of the rockfall and the case remains under investigation.