Arctic front, high winds do isolated damage

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....

Murder suspect to get new lawyer

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...

How about some new friends?

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...

Snowpack moves on up

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...