Sierra Wave Media

Eastern Sierra News for February 06, 2026

 

 

 

 

The Criticism and Praise on New Project at Paradise

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...

Foreclosures: Here and Everywhere

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...

Major Fuel Reduction Continues in Shady Rest Tract

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...

Supervisors Re-Confirm Pump Plan in Big Pine

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...