by Deb Murphy | Feb 24, 2021 | Business, California Dept Fish & Wildlife, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release, Sports
While California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife haven’t set the new schedule in stone as yet, it has, tentatively, given “Fishmas,” the Eastern Sierra’s chambers of commerce business marketing plan, back to businesses in the Eastern Sierra. It’s a...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 16, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Pre-COVID, IMACA’s Housing and Planning Director Larry Emerson had plans for a safe parking project for the homeless living out of their vehicles at the Nazarene Church on West Line Street in Bishop. The plans were turned down yesterday, February 16, by the Inyo Board...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 15, 2021 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Misc. Stories, Mono County Sheriff's Office, National Park Service, Nature, United States Forest Service
The Eastern Sierra was ill prepared for the waves of Southern Californians literally heading for the hills during last summer’s COVID-19 restrictions and fears. Despite the stay-at-home orders, they escaped to an area assumed to be germ-free and serene, found area...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 10, 2021 | Bishop City Council, General Misc. Stories
Bishop’s City Council approved the much-discussed nuisance ordinance addressing vacant property at its Monday meeting. But, when it came to a formal registry of vacant buildings along with related requirements and fees, the Council balked, noting some improvement...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 3, 2021 | LADWP, National Weather Service
Rural Central and Southern Californians have a unique relationship with weather, or more precisely, a love-hate relationship. While folks in Los Angeles were hydroplaning down the freeway, the residents in the land of the Rain Shadow were trying to remember where they...