Dose of Fall

In the Lone Pine area, Russ Monroe shot photos of what he calls “a bit of nature for your day.” Check out the fall colors, a beautiful little flower called vinegaroon, the moon set over the Sierra crest at Lone Pine Peak and a choya cactus flatteringly lit...

Missing Backpackers Found Alive

Park Officials say that the three backpackers missing in Kings Canyon National Park appear to have been found alive. The three men from Southern California were due back from a 65 mile backpack trip in Sierra on Monday but did not return. A search effort started soon...

Early Opener for Mammoth Mountain Ski Area?

Is it too early to talk about skiing at Mammoth Mountain? Not with the white falling out of the sky all day today and expected to continue into tomorrow. Right now officials at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area are not saying that the resort will open early, but a cryptic...

Lighting Experiment on Spuce Street

For two weeks in August, a Bishop street is expected be a bit darker, as the Bishop Public Works Department and Southern California Edison turn off half the street lights on a section of Spruce Street. Its part of an experiment to see if the city can reduce the power...

ATF Investigates Barker Fire

Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms have been brought in to investigate the fire that destroyed the Bark Ranch, but so far there is no word as whether or not the fire was started by accident or if someone set out to destroy the building. A...