by Community Reports/Events | Jul 12, 2021 | Corona Virus, Federal government, General Misc. Stories, Public Safety
Phone scams are as popular as ever and successful despite efforts to control them. The Covid-19 pandemic was a goldmine for scammers with many people isolated in their homes as a precaution against its spread. Unfortunately, many were left feeling fearful and...
by Community Reports/Events | Jul 10, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
According to the US Forest Service says that thanks to a quick response of firefighters from the Inyo National Forest and our cooperators, the Pine Fire is now 100% contained. This fire was reported at 3:16 p.m. on July 7, 2021 in Pine Creek Canyon west of Bishop. The...
by Community Reports/Events | Jul 8, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Public Safety
We came across this very informative article on Knowing How Heat and Humidity Affect Your Body Can Help You Stay Safe During Heat Waves. It does a good job of explaining the unusually high deaths from heat illness recently in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia,...
by Community Reports/Events | Jul 8, 2021 | California Highway Patrol, General Misc. Stories
On Monday, July 5th, a driver died in a single vehicle traffic accident along California State Route 190 in Death Valley National Park. According to the Report of Collision – News Release from the California Highway Patrol (posted at bottom of page), for an unknown...
by Community Reports/Events | Jul 8, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Thursday afternoon at 3:49 pm a magnitude 6.0 earthquake was reported about 70 miles northwest of Mammoth Mountain and 40 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, closing the Hwy 395 temporarily as rockslides sent large boulders onto the roadway along Walker Canyon that had to...
