This downed tree served as testimony to repeated rain in Bishop and then high winds Wednesday night. This tree uprooted at a home on Wildrose Lane in west Bishop. It crashed down onto a pick-up truck. There were no injuries reported but considerable property damage. Forecasters said that an arctic front, which brought with it […]
UPDATE 12-30-10: As of Thursday, Highway 395 had re-opened, the skies cleared and power returned to the Old Mammoth area of Mammoth Lakes. Call Caltrans road update line at 511 for chain restrictions and any other highway changes. Stuart Brown with the Town of Mammoth Lakes said that Edison reported they would restore power to […]
Murder suspect Louis Leplat will possibly have an attorney next week. He is scheduled for appointment of counsel Tuesday morning, January 4th. Leplat was arrested in June of 2009 in the stabbing death of a 23-year-old Bishop man on the reservation. Bail was set at a million dollars and public defender Elizabeth Corpora appointed to […]
PETS of the WEEK – December 29, 2010 TOBY is an 18-month old Yellow Lab mix who was given up when his owner became too ill to care for Toby. This could be your golden opportunity to adopt a super wonderful dog! LONDON is a young male Lynx Point Siamese/Tabby mix. His owner went into […]
As you can imagine, the snowpack has shot up considerably over the last few weeks. The LADWP website shows current precipitation conditions as of December 21st. The snowpack graph shows the line going up, similar to the wettest year on record which was 1982-83. Of course there are a few more months to go. DWP’s […]
Details about the suspect in the murder of two southern Inyo women near San Luis Obispo have revealed the possibility of mental issues. Atascadero Police had arrested Andrew Wesley Murder suspect Andrew Wesley Downs, 20, of Atascadero Downs, 20, on suspicion of murder in the shooting death of Beverly Reilly of Lone Pine and her […]
Law enforcement sources had revealed on Christmas Eve that a hearing officer had issued a decision document on the termination appeal case of former Mammoth Police Sergeant Eric Hugelman. Today, Mammoth officials released a very brief news release. That release says that the Hearing Officer “reduced the penalty and determined Hugelman should be reinstated.” The […]
A Special General Election in January? Some citizens in Mono County expressed confusion about the purpose of the January 4th election for Mono County. Clerk and Registrar of Voters Lynda Roberts explained. Roberts said that next week’s election is a run-off to fill the vacancy created in State Senate District 1 by the death, earlier […]
Not to start your almost new year off with a fit of anger, but we just want to note that Congress is in session something like 137 days per year. The Senate, 158. That’s not to say they actually work all of those days. Poor babies. All that vacation time to collect campaign funds from […]
As we reported Monday, a decision document was released on the termination appeal of former Mammoth Police Officer Eric Hugelman. Mammoth Police Chief Dan Watson said he would meet with Town Manager Rob Clark on that issue today. Chief Watson said he, too, found out that the decision was received by the attorneys in this […]
The San Luis Obispo Tribune described some details surrounding the shooting deaths of two Inyo County women. The southern Inyo community remains stunned and saddened by the horrible death of two local women visiting Santa Margarita for the holidays. The homicide victims have been identified as sisters, Bev Riley of Lone Pine and Kathy Jaeger […]
For more than a year, the appeal case of former Mammoth Police Officer Eric Hugelman has been in the works. On Christmas Eve day the decision was reportedly released. A law enforcement source from out of the area revealed to Sierra Wave that an 80-page decision document was released. This source said that the decision […]
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