by News Staff | Sep 16, 2010 | Past Posts
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will buy another 100 Owens Valley acres. The Bell property along Oak Creek has sold to DWP for a reported amount close to $4 million. When the potential land sale came up months ago, some citizens expressed concerns about...
by News Staff | Sep 16, 2010 | Past Posts
A year ago, the Inyo District Attorney filed charges against four people in connection with a fight at Rusty’s Bar in Bishop. Two Mammoth Police Officers faced disturbing the peace charges in this case. District Attorney Art Maillet refused to provide KSRW with...
by News Staff | Sep 16, 2010 | Past Posts
Last Friday marked the end of the fixed bus routes in Bishop. Eastern Sierra Transit Authority did come up with an alternative to help the many riders of the fixed routes still get around. Jill Batchelder of ESTA said that the new system, called Checkpoint Dial-A-Ride...
by News Staff | Sep 16, 2010 | Past Posts
“What if Cannabis Cured Cancer?” Provocative idea and also the name of a film by writer-producer Len Richmond. Steve Klassen of Mammoth Lakes has arranged for a free viewing of this film on Saturday. It’s controversial and timely as Mammoth gets...
by News Staff | Sep 15, 2010 | Past Posts
At the end of August a sudden downpour sent tons of mud, debris and water through a canyon of the Sierra and onto Highway 395 south of Olancha. 395 shut down for hours and clean-up continues on the site. The wave of mud had washed a big rig down into the culvert under...