April 20th – that’s today. It’s that transition time of year when winter still asserts itself as it goes down for the count and spring struggles, like a newborn kitten, to get its legs and start to run. In the Hindu religion, we might note, April 20th is considered a most favorable day to get […]
Dollar dj vu in Sacramento these days. Headlines have delivered the rough news – California has another budget deficit. When the state suffers, frequently, we do too. So far, Mono County’s Finance Director Brian Muir says things do not look too bad for the Eastern Sierra. Of course, it’s early. Muir said that he looked […]
The California Attorney General’s Office looked into the delayed report on the cause of death of Bishop’s Shaleen Duckey. They came back with the same information we already had, the Department of Justice forensics lab in Fresno has held onto evidence for 9 months and is “continuing to conduct DNA analysis on several pieces of […]
At least 10 years ago, humorist Garrison Keillor portrayed smokers as future fugitives from societal disapproval. It was a joke then, but as moves are made to eliminate cigarettes from movies, the social ban on smoking has come true. In fact, Nancy Mahannah of Mono County’s Health Department provided us with some new data. Reports […]
Just before noon Monday, law enforcement and emergency workers got the call for a downed aircraft near the Warm Springs Road south of Bishop. When they arrived on scene on Eastside Road, Inyo Sheriff deputies and Highway Patrol officers found a small yellow and blue experimental airplane parked on the pavement. The pilot, Leslie Goldner […]
We love to read the quotes that Mary Dawn of Deans Plumbing includes in the bills. The latest is one that the Bureaucracy could take to heart and make everybody’s day better. It goes like this: “Life is more accurately measured by the lives you touch than the things you acquire.” Simple, but profound when […]
Over the past few months many have noticed a large shiny tower taking shape on the south end of Main Street in Bishop. Sierra Wave has received numerous questions as to what the heck that thing is. The people at Hartshorn’s report that the tower is headed to Sacramento where it will allow folks to […]
At the most recent Mammoth Town Council meeting, Assistant Town manager Karen Johnston reported that despite the construction slowdown, the time is right to move ahead on the long talked about Community Recreation Center. The idea is to build a community center up behind the new library building. Officials are not clear yet on what […]
While the town was shot down the last time they tired it, Mammoth Mayor Kirk Stapp mentioned that the creation of a redevelopment agency, a government tool to remedy urban blight, could be used as an option to bring money to the community. At the Town Council this week, Mayor Stapp was talking about negotiations […]
At their most recent meeting, the Mammoth Town Council approved a curfew ordinance that will make it illegal for children under the age of eighteen to be out on the streets after 10:00 at night. When the law is finalized, the Mammoth Police will be able to arrest kids after 10:00 at night if they […]
In our investigations this week, the staff of the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom discovered an amusing article. It falls under the category of “Give the Ladies th4eir due”. Seems that the United States mint will offer, for the first time, coins with the image of women – Martha Washington and Abigail Adams. We had to laugh. […]
It’s been over a month since the Washington Mutual fraud case was first reported here at KSRW, but so far there have been no arrests made. When we contacted the Bakersfield branch of the FBI in April, the agent we spoke to said that it could be weeks to months before they make an arrest. […]
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