COVID-19 COUNTY REPORTS | Inyo: 290 (+7) Positive | 16 Deaths | Mono: 548 (+24) Positive | 3 Deaths
Covid-19 counties reports began in mid-March of 2020. As of November 28, 2020, under the state’s color-coded, 4-tier system being used in California’s Blueprint to Recovery, Inyo County is in Tier-2 “Substantial” (Red), while Mono County is in Tier-2 “Substantial” (Red). Covid-19 reports began in mid-March of 2020. There is genuine concern that both counties […]
Inyo County Moves to Red Tier | Largely Anticipated By County Officials
INYO COUNTY MOVES TO RED TIER INYO COUNTY, CA, November 28, 2020 – The California Department of Public Health announced today that Inyo County has been moved to the Red Tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, indicating that the risk level in this county is substantial. This change will require some industries […]
The Bishop Volunteer Fire Department launches gift card drive to help hundreds displaced by the Mountain View Fire
The Bishop Volunteer Fire Department is launching a gift card drive to help make the holidays a little brighter for the hundreds of Mono County residents displaced by the Mountain View Fire, which devastated the Walker and Coleville communities on Nov. 17. “There are 90 families who don’t have a home to celebrate Christmas in,” […]
Dennis Mattinson’s Weather for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
AREA FORECAST: Bishop & The Owens Valley / The Town of Mammoth Lakes FRIDAY NOV 27 2020 WEATHER DISCUSSION: Hope you all had a safe, healthy and enjoyable Thanksgiving. Gradual warming through the weekend, with Sunday returning to normal temperatures for late November. All due to strong high pressure taking control, and it should stick […]
Support Owens Valley High School Students! See’s Candy Sale – Deadline Dec 3rd
ACT NOW! Come on, Eastern Sierra! You can NEVER have enough chocolate, especially, Dark Chocolate! You can indulge yourself and use the excuse “Well, I’m doing this for the kids!” Of course, you are! See’s Candy — Order NOW! Enjoy that chocolaty goodness!
“Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree” | Do you have a tree cutting permit?
BLM Bishop Field Office offers Christmas tree cutting permits online Now available online for a no-contact purchase this holiday season BISHOP, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office is now offering personal-use Christmas tree cutting permits for designated cutting areas on public lands near Benton and Bridgeport in Mono County, through Dec. […]
Volunteer Group Spearheads Eastern California Museum Fall Clean up
A group of enthusiastic and hard-working volunteers recently completed a thorough fall clean-up of the grounds at the Eastern California Museum in Independence. About 20 volunteers showed up armed with rakes, hand tools, shrub trimmers and clippers, and other tools to tackle the daunting task of ridding the five-acre museum grounds of the fallen leaves, […]
Explanation from Mono County on why it was placed in Red rather than Purple Tier
Mono County submitted an adjudication request to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on November 9, 2020, stating that the COVID-19 cases confined to the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMW) in Pickel Meadows should not count toward the total cases in Mono County in terms of tier assignments. In the adjudication […]
Free Thanksgiving and Community Meals
Free Thanksgiving and Community Meals Looking to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal? The following organizations are providing free meals to the community: REMEMBER TO PRACTICE COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. Big Pine: Methodist Church, 313 Crocker, 2pm – 6pm. Take out or deliver within Big Pine area or pick up only. For more information or to request a delivery, please […]
Caltrans Has Closed Tioga Pass/State Route 120 West to the Yosemite National Park Gate for the Winter Season
November 23, 2020 – LEE VINING — Following Yosemite National Park’s closure of Tioga Road, Caltrans has closed its Lee Vining gate on State Route 120 West for the winter season. The gate was originally closed in early November in preparation for a series of snowstorms that blanketed the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada. State Route […]
Shop with a Cop | Popular Christmas Program for Kids Returns
SHOP WITH A COP ADAPTED FOR 2020 Shop with a Cop is alive and well in 2020, with some tweaks. The program brings law enforcement branches from Mono and Inyo Counties together with a special selection of East Side grade school children to all go shopping for gifts for family members. In past years, the […]
State Issues New Gathering Guidance for a Safer Thanksgiving and Holiday Season
Well, now that you have decided to “crawl out from under that rock” you’ve been “self-isolating” under for the past 10 months, the beneficent state of California has issued “official” guidance on how you should celebrate Thanksgiving this year during the pandemic. The only problem many of us have with it is that every time […]
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