by Deb Murphy | May 11, 2022 | Inyo County, LADWP, Water
This week’s discussion at Inyo County’s Board of Supervisors set the stage for the Thursday’s Standing Committee meeting where the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s pumping and operation plan will come up for a vote. After two years of...
by Deb Murphy | May 11, 2022 | Bishop Police Department, City of Bishop, Schools
The tree-lined intersection of Hobson and Elm streets in Bishop has that comfortable, Americana look to it—older, well-kept, neatly landscaped homes with a quirky 35-foot offset as Elm crosses Hobson. The only problem, as presented at Monday’s Bishop City...
by Deb Murphy | May 10, 2022 | Mammoth Lakes Police, Nature, Town of Mammoth Lakes
Coyotes are everywhere so it’s no surprise they’ve shown up in Mammoth Lakes to enjoy an abundance of carelessly discarded people-food. Mammoth Police Department’s Code Compliance Officer Rick Bellis gave a detailed presentation on the species at last week’s...
by Deb Murphy | May 9, 2022 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fire, Inyo National forest
The report on forest conditions should have come as no surprise to the Eastern Sierra. Moisture levels in the national forests are very low and dropping with wildland fires predicted to hit earlier in the season. The prospect of future forest closures is a...
by Deb Murphy | May 2, 2022 | City of Bishop, Inyo County
The future for the shuttered Bishop Ford dealership building has been determined. Over the next one to three years, the structure will become an expanded Bishop Veterinary Hospital, which is currently located on U.S. Hwy. 395 just north of the Tri-County Fairgrounds....