Bureaucrat Beat: NameGame, Robocalls and Fate

Businesses have a handful of ways to deal with the down economy. One of them – new logos and names. Union Bank now has a new logo that looks like a red tulip. Maybe that makes people feel happier about going to the bank.RadioShack has opted to go by “The...

Highway Projects Continue throughout Eastern Sierra

Highway work continues throughout the Eastern Sierra. The project on Sherwin Grade is still on schedule for completion by early October.Crews expected to do paving this week if the asphalt product tested okay in the Caltrans lab. This paving would include shoulder...

A Second Marijauna Farm Found in Mono County

On Monday, a wide variety of law enforcement officers teamed up to eradicate a large outdoor marijuana farm growing in the Glass Mountains. While the helicopter was still in the air, flying loads of marijuana out of the remote site for disposal, Mono Sheriff Rick...

David Freeman Rides Again – This Time, Solar

He goes by the name of Green Cowboy or Eco-Pioneer. David Freeman has headed four major U.S. utilities in his 83 years. One of them, the LADWP. Now, Freeman wields his energy ideas as a kind of Vice Mayor in charge of environmental issues in the City of Los Angeles....