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Eastern Sierra News for February 07, 2026

 

 

 

 

Cannabis Film to Air in Mammoth

“What if Cannabis Cured Cancer?” Provocative idea and also the name of a film by writer-producer Len Richmond. Steve Klassen of Mammoth Lakes has arranged for a free viewing of this film on Saturday. It’s controversial and timely as Mammoth gets...

Mudslide Clean-Up Progresses

At the end of August a sudden downpour sent tons of mud, debris and water through a canyon of the Sierra and onto Highway 395 south of Olancha. 395 shut down for hours and clean-up continues on the site. The wave of mud had washed a big rig down into the culvert under...

Member of MLPD Put Down Problem Bear

Mammoth’s Wildlife man, police, fish and game, the forest service and cabin owners in the Lake Mary tract fretted over a bear that in the end had broken into 19 cabins in search of food. Yesterday, police, at the behest of cabin owners, destroyed the bear. For...

Mammoth Power Outages Add Up

Tired of power outages, some residents of Mammoth Lakes called Sierra Wave. We spoke with Dan Brady of Edison. He said that squirrels have caused several power outages although not the one Tuesday. Brady said that Tuesday crews were performing a switching program to...