Peak of the Week, again this week, is Plumas County in the Shasta Cascade where hillsides and streams are flush with crimson, pink, yellow, gold, orange and lime leaves, shrubs and grasses. Quincy (Plumas County – CA-89), with its classic white-steeple’d Methodist Church backed by tall oaks full of orange leaves is the quintessential image […]
WINTER HOURS OF OPERATION FOR MANZANAR VISITOR CENTER EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2014 Beginning Saturday, November 1, 2014, the Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. “We are approaching our winter season and will be adjusting our hours of operation due to reduced public demand,” said Superintendent […]
Who: California Department of Transportation, District 9 What: Pass Closures due to pending storm When: Friday, October 31st, 2014 Where: State Route 108 “Sonora Pass” & State Route 89 “Monitor Pass” Due to the incoming storm, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be closing Sonora Pass (State Route 108) and Monitor Pass (State […]
– Press release About 1 ½ weeks ago, Mammoth Lakes Police Department Detective Jack Loera was contacted by an investigator with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, the investigator gave Detective Loera information that a person of interest in a homicide may be living and working in Mammoth Lakes. With the information Detective Loera received, […]
CaliforniaFallColor.com provides the following summary of autumn colors from reporting areas of California. A small selection of the best fall color photos of the week is sent to media who requested to be on a list to receive photos. If you would like to see them, please email [email protected] STATEWIDE SUMMARY Peak of the Week, […]
On Wednesday, the Inyo Sheriff’s Department put out the word and a photo available on our website of a man wanted for felony battery and violation of parole. The Sheriff’s Department says Richard Farrell Andreas, Jr. is 32 years old, a Native American, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 210 pounds, black hair, and brown eyes. According […]
In the Sierra Wave newsroom Tuesday morning, parents’ Facebook anger showed up in our email accounts. It was all about graffiti or tagging at the elementary school in Bishop. One mother said, “We are lucky to live in a fairly safe community in a beautiful area. People come here for vacation, but I get […]
The Inyo National Forest Prepares for Potential Winter Road Closures The Inyo National Forest is preparing for the week-end storm in the forecast. The forest may implement winter closures for roads that access the Reds Meadow Valley and Mammoth Lakes Basin areas of the Inyo National Forest. For the Reds Meadow Valley Road, the forest […]
Dick Luman, 15-year Road Department mechanic for Mono County has tried and tried to get his job back. He’s still trying. Mono County filed a petition appealing the most recent order of Judge Stan Eller that required the County to reinstate Luman while the underlying appeal of his firing is pending. Mono County appealed that […]
In August, the Inyo District Attorney’s office announced that Bishop-area resident Rebecca Bragdon had entered pleas of guilty to misappropriation of public funds from the Tri-County Fairgrounds. Sentencing was originally set for October 22nd. According to District Attorney Tom Hardy, the Court moved sentencing from October 22nd to November 19th at 1pm in Bishop. Judge […]
Saturday morning, fire swept through dry brush in the area around Tuttle Creek and Indian Spring Roads in the Alabama Hills – an area very close to as many as 80 homes west of Lone Pine. Fortunately, at last word, none of those homes was damaged. Sierra Wave’s weather forecaster, Dennis Mattinson, a resident in […]
** NEWS RELEASE ** DONATIONS SOUGHT FOR SHOP-WITH-A-COP Members of the Mammoth Lakes Police Department, Mono County Sheriff’s Office, Bishop Police Department, and Inyo County Sheriff’s Office and other criminal justice agencies are busy planning the fourth annual Shop-with-a-Cop, scheduled for Saturday, December 13. This is a special day where local law enforcement helps families […]
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