Sierra Wave Media

Eastern Sierra News for December 12, 2025

 

 

 

 

Mudslide Clean-Up Continues; Highway, Open

After last Thursday’s horrendous flood and mudslide across Highway 395 south of Olancha, Caltrans and others have worked constantly to clear the highway and now to free a big rig that was pushed down into a culvert by the flood. Susan Lent, PIO of Caltrans, said...

Accident Near Bishop Claims the Life of a Local Woman

A local woman has died after a vehicle accident on a dirt road north of Bishop.At about 2:00 pm, Monday, emergency crews in the Bishop area were called out to the Fish Slough area for a report of a possible fatal single vehicle rollover. The accident occurred about...

Suspicious Cause of Tecopa Fire Under Investigation

BLM and Inyo Sheriff investigators continue to look into what authorities call the “suspicious cause” of a fire that seriously threatened the community of Tecopa and did burndown an out building and slightly damaged the local church. Saturday evening, Inyo...

A Tale of Two Hot Dogs

Two different street vendors received two different responses from the Bishop City Council in this Tale of Two Hot Dogs. At the Bishop City Council meeting Monday night, Anne Aylesworth came before the council to get a permit to restart her business, Valley Dogs,...