by News Staff | May 26, 2011 | Government Agencies/Utilities
To show how little power Inyo County has over groundwater pumping, the Department of Water and Power has ignored Inyo’s request for less pumping and will march right ahead with 91,000 acre feet of pumped water this year. Inyo Supervisors had supported 68,500...
by News Staff | May 26, 2011 | Law Enforcement
Wednesday afternoon a brush fire broke out high up in the Buttermilks west of Bishop. Fierce winds drove the fire into 100 fireacres in a few hours. Inyo Sheriff Bill Lutze was on scene almost immediately to assess the situation. He and other officers and agencies...
by News Staff | May 25, 2011 | Law Enforcement
The other side of holiday frivolity? Police and Highway Patrolmen on the look-out for unsafe behavior. The Bishop Police Department has already conducted a DUI Checkpoint and, along with other law enforcement agencies, have jumped into the Click It or Ticket campaign...
by News Staff | May 25, 2011 | Bureaucrat Beat
No surprise here. Last week, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power shot out their annual operations plan for the Owens Valley. In spite of Inyo’s request that they pump 68,500 acre feet of groundwater, DWP insists on 91,000 acre feet. DWP’s...
by News Staff | May 25, 2011 | General Misc. Stories
Los Angeles Times sports writer Jerry Crowe knows how to find remarkable people and tell their stories. This week, he found Jill Kinmont Boothe. The headline under his column “Crowe’s Nest” was “Skier never slowed down after paralyzing...
