by Community Reports/Events | Dec 21, 2020 | Bishop Police Department, City of Bishop, General Misc. Stories
There is no such thing as “defensive driving” when you are sitting at home and a car plows into your house. It’s not as if houses are generally sitting or idling out in the middle of the street…unless you are driving a motorhome. Yet cars plowing into houses happens,...
by Deb Murphy | Dec 20, 2020 | City of Bishop
The City of Bishop has been mulling over significant changes to the downtown corridor since 2015 with surveys, workshops, and discussions at City Council meetings. All that came to a head at this week’s Council meeting with a consensus for medium density, a signage...
by News Staff | Dec 16, 2020 | Bishop Police Department, Bishop Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD), City of Bishop, Fire, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release
Local fire departments hope to brighten the holidays for devastated community The volunteer firefighters of Inyo County are conducting a gift card drive for the survivors of the Mountain View Fire in Walker, which destroyed 88 homes. Together, Olancha, Lone Pine,...
by Community Reports/Events | Dec 15, 2020 | Business, Bishop Police Department, City of Bishop, Law Enforcement, News Releases
At least two banks in Bishop were the victims of attempted thefts sometime on Monday night. Union Bank and Eastern Sierra Community Bank, which are located across the street from one another on North Main Street, each had unsuccessful attempts at breaking into and...
by News Staff | Dec 15, 2020 | Law Enforcement, Bishop Police Department, City of Bishop, Corona Virus, News Releases, Press Release, Public Health
As the COVID-19 cases increase throughout our Region, like the private sector, the public sector is making modifications to daily operations. The Bishop Police Department is implementing safety precautions to protect our officers and civilian staff, as well as the...
by Community Reports/Events | Oct 19, 2020 | Bishop Police Department, Bishop Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD), City of Bishop, General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
Bishop Police Dept. News Release (Facebook): Last night, Oct. 18, at about 11 pm, a local 20-year-old man lost control of the vehicle he was driving, crashing it into a parked car and residence on the 300 block of Clarke Street. The driver had to be extricated. He and...
