by News Staff | Sep 24, 2020 | Fire, News Releases, United States Forest Service
[U.S. Forest Service Press Release – Sept. 24, 2020] Lake Isabella, CA – The Sequoia National Forest and Incident Commanders of the Sequoia Complex fires are excited to welcome 100 wildland firefighters from Mexico as they arrive at the East Castle Zone Incident...
by News Staff | Sep 23, 2020 | News Releases, United States Forest Service
The Inyo National Forest welcomes Lesley Yen as the Forest Supervisor, who will start in her new position on October 25th, 2020. Originally from Massachusetts, Lesley moved west to start her Forest Service career on the Inyo National Forest in 2010, working in various...
by News Staff | Sep 23, 2020 | Inyo County, National Park Service, News Releases
September 22, 2020 Press Release: Death Valley National Park, DEATH VALLEY, CA – Over the summer of 2020, numerous heat records were broken, as the park experienced what may be some the hottest days ever recorded on Earth. This meteorological summer (June-August) had...
by News Staff | Sep 23, 2020 | Inyo County, News Releases
Kammi Foote, Inyo County Registrar of Voters will be leading a Virtual Town Hall meeting to discuss all aspects of the upcoming November 3, 2020 Presidential General Elections. The meeting will be held at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm on October 5, 2020. “There are some changes...
by News Staff | Sep 23, 2020 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Meet the Candidate, News Releases
(rev. 9/27/20) Tushar Raman Oza has over 25 years of teaching experience and has taught various subjects at Universities, colleges, and organizations internationally. He has actively presented at various state, regional, national, as well as international academic...
by News Staff | Sep 23, 2020 | CAL Fire, Fire, Heavy Smoke, News Releases, Public Health, United States Forest Service
Message from John “Pancho” Smith, Acting Forest Supervisor, Inyo National Forest” Good morning: Over the past few days, the Inyo National Forest has been looking at options to re-open the Forest in a modified manner and we have shared that tentative...
by News Staff | Sep 23, 2020 | General Misc. Stories
Check for Fire Updates and Air Quality Index using links below or by clicking on icons. To make life a little simpler for listeners and readers of Sierra Wave News, we’re providing the following link to the CAL FIRE website that tracks the major fires around the...
by Community Reports/Events | Sep 23, 2020 | CAL Fire, Fire, United States Forest Service
A firefighter who died fighting the El Dorado Fire last Thursday, Sept. 17, has been identified by officials on Monday, Sept. 21, as Charlie Morton, 39 years old. Morton worked as a firefighter for 18 years, starting in 2002. He was a leader of the Big Bear...
by Deb Murphy | Sep 22, 2020 | CAL Fire, Fire, Heavy Smoke, Public Health, Town of Mammoth Lakes, United States Forest Service
The Town of Mammoth Lakes hosted a zoom update on the Creek Fire with representatives from all the involved agencies Tuesday evening. CLICK TO WATCH. In a nutshell: Things are looking better than they did late last week as the northeast edge of the fire is behaving...
by News Staff | Sep 22, 2020 | Business, Corona Virus, Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Public Health
From Mammoth CEO Mark Brownlie: Mountain is ‘as good as it gets’ for social distancing You just received information from Alterra Mountain Company CEO Rusty Gregory regarding the upcoming 2020/21 winter season. Most importantly, I would like to reiterate Rusty’s...
by News Staff | Sep 21, 2020 | Influenza, News Releases, Public Health
Flu shots are provided at no cost to Mono County residents. (For ages 6 months and up!) This year due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), flu shots will be available by drive-thru or walk-up option at all clinics. If you have Medicare, please bring your Medicare card. This...
by News Staff | Sep 21, 2020 | Influenza
FREE FLU SHOTS! DON’T TEMPT FATE OVER EITHER COVID-19 AND FLU OR BOTH AT THE SAME TIME! Over the past month, Sierra Wave has been warning readers and listeners of a potential “Twindemic” (Aug. 17) and the fears the local medical community has over...
