by Community Reports/Events | Jul 22, 2021 | CalTrans, Fire, News Releases, Public Safety
Caltrans has closed Monitor Pass/State Route 89 in northern Mono County due to the Tamarack Fire. The fire, which originally started near the town of Markleeville, has spread to parts of Nevada and is now estimated to be around 43,900 acres in size. Sonora...
by Community Reports/Events | Jul 21, 2021 | CalTrans, City of Bishop, News Releases, Press Release
Bishop Mayor Stephen Muchovej want Bishop residents to know that Caltrans is starting the process to re-do Main Street and West Line street. Even though the work won’t happen until 2022, the time for you to give your input is NOW!!! So what would you like to see as...
by Community Reports/Events | Jul 21, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Over the past few days, Caltrans 9 has been reporting everything from a rockslide in the Walker Area to mudslides in Aspendell to a rapidly growing wildfire near US Highway 395 near the Nevada-California border. State Route 168 W that goes up to the Lake Sabrina area...
by Community Reports/Events | Jul 20, 2021 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, United States Forest Service
July 20, 2021 @1:35 pm: InciWeb Link—49 acres; 90% contained The Glacier Fire remains 49 acres in size, 90% contained and no closures are in effect at this time. Yesterday, the fire area received moderate to heavy precipitation. Today the threat of storms has...
by Community Reports/Events | Jul 20, 2021 | Public Safety
Doug Thompson of Lone Pine and the owner of the Whitney Portal Store shared an experience recently online that he had with a visitor who tied a gas storage container to the top of their van’s roof carrier. The gas spilled from the container onto the car next to the...
