by News Staff | Oct 21, 2010 | Past Posts
John Hooper’s Rock Creek Canyon housing project will come back to the Mono Planning Commission at some point. Hooper’s plans for twelve houses on one and a half acre lots drew some fire but some praise at the recent commission hearing. Commissioners have...
by News Staff | Oct 19, 2010 | Past Posts
Banks have done it. So have state legislators. Foreclosure moratoriums continue to make headlines. In the Eastern Sierra, foreclosures themselves continue. Last week the Bank of America agreed to a self-imposed foreclosure moratorium because bank employees signed...
by News Staff | Oct 19, 2010 | Past Posts
Right in the middle of Mammoth Lakes a mini-forest stands full of thick tree growth and brush – a fire danger time bomb. Mammoth Lakes Fire Department and the Town of Mammoth decided to take action. The Shady Rest parcel amounts to about 25 acres of pine trees...
by News Staff | Oct 19, 2010 | Past Posts
A three-car pile-up on Bishop’s Main St. Monday involved a drunk driver, according to Bishop Police. On Monday at about 1:15, police responded to an accident near the intersection of Yaney and Main Streets. Police Officer Mike Mairs reported that the...
by News Staff | Oct 19, 2010 | Past Posts
Inyo County and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power signed the Long Term Water Agreement 14 years ago. DWP still has not completed mitigation measures demanded by that document, and LA still pushes to avoid the use of their water for export on these...
by News Staff | Oct 19, 2010 | Past Posts
Karma, the red-tailed hawk The people at Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care take care of animals that would likely die without their help – hawks, crows, hummingbirds, owls, small animals. Many of them lie injured on the highway until Cindy Kamler and her crew nurse...