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Eastern Sierra News for February 01, 2026

 

 

 

 

Special favors for congressmen?

The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday that Congressional investigators allege that Inyo-Mono Congressman Buck McKeon and another congressman got “cut-rate home loans under a Countrywide VIP program….” The Times reported that the Congressman received a...

Update on Reds Meadow wind damage

(The following is a press release from the Inyo National Forest) Last November 30 a ferocious wind toppled thousands of trees in the Middle Fork San Joaquin River watershed of the Inyo National Forest. The tangle of downed trees looks like a giant’s game of pick-up...

Walker case delayed until March

Another delay in the case of Joe Walker of Mammoth Lakes involving alleged sex crimes against a Santa Barbara teenager. According to the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office, Walker’s hearing  on Friday was moved to March 9. Court officials expect to...

Joe Walker back in court

In the Santa Barbara child sex case that involved two Mammoth men, Dr. Andrew Bourne overshadowed co-defendant Joe Walker in news reports.  With Bourne’s death, Walker stands alone against charges that he contacted a teen girl for sex and committed lewd acts...