Altitude Sickness Claims a Second Sierra Hiker

Inyo Search and Rescue has been busy this summer. In this last week the SAR team responded to two calls for serious cases of altitude sickness, one of which was fatal, and helped find a group reported overdue floating on the river. On August 18, the Inyo Sheriffs...

Two Dead, Five Injured in Death Valley Crash

Two teenage girls, both residents of France, died after a tragic vehicle accident in Death Valley National Park Saturday afternoon. From the Highway Patrol report it appears that the driver, a 31 year-old woman from France, fell asleep at the wheel of a 2009 Ford van,...

Leplat Held to Answer to Murder Charge

Two months ago, 22-year-old James Rambeau of Bishop died from stab wounds. Deputies arrested 18-year-old Louis Daniel Leplat who has now been officially been held to answer for the murder of Rambeau.Authorities have said very little about what they believe happened...

Lease Surprises in the Town of Mammoth

As the Town of Mammoth Lakes continues to negotiate its lease with the Minaret Village Shopping Center landlord, Pacific West Management, it has come to staff’s attention that the sublease for Mono County, which leases 7,000 square feet of the Town’s...

DFG Spells Out Bear Response System

The day after the Mammoth Town Council meeting where it was announced that a second homeowner had been paying someone to feed the bears in her neighborhood 30 pounds of dog and cat food per day, Bruce Kinney, Deputy Regional Manager for the Department of Fish and Game...