by News Staff | Nov 2, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Two Inyo County Supervisors appear to want to take seats away from Mono County, the Town of Mammoth Lakes and/ or Alpine County Supervisors who sit on the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control Board. Why would any of those agencies give up representation on...
by News Staff | Nov 2, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Two years ago, Los Angeles Times reporter Louis Sahagun compared Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District Director Ted Schade to Gary Cooper in the classic film, “High Noon.” Schade’s battle was not with the old west villains but with the...
by News Staff | Nov 2, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Bishop City Council Candidates’ Forum 2014 – Sierra Wave By Charles James With the election tomorrow, following are excerpts from the Bishop City Council Candidate Forum held on October 9 at the Bishop Senior Center. Approximately 60 prospective voters listened to the...
by News Staff | Oct 31, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Peak of the Week, again this week, is Plumas County in the Shasta Cascade where hillsides and streams are flush with crimson, pink, yellow, gold, orange and lime leaves, shrubs and grasses. Quincy (Plumas County – CA-89), with its classic white-steeple’d Methodist...
by News Staff | Oct 31, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
WINTER HOURS OF OPERATION FOR MANZANAR VISITOR CENTER EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2014 Beginning Saturday, November 1, 2014, the Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. “We are approaching our winter season and will be...
by News Staff | Oct 31, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Who: California Department of Transportation, District 9 What: Pass Closures due to pending storm When: Friday, October 31st, 2014 Where: State Route 108 “Sonora Pass” & State Route 89 “Monitor Pass” Due to the incoming storm, the...
by News Staff | Oct 30, 2014 | General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
– Press release About 1 ½ weeks ago, Mammoth Lakes Police Department Detective Jack Loera was contacted by an investigator with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, the investigator gave Detective Loera information that a person of interest in a...
by News Staff | Oct 30, 2014 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
CaliforniaFallColor.com provides the following summary of autumn colors from reporting areas of California. A small selection of the best fall color photos of the week is sent to media who requested to be on a list to receive photos. If you would like to see them,...
by News Staff | Oct 29, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On Wednesday, the Inyo Sheriff’s Department put out the word and a photo available on our website of a man wanted for felony battery and violation of parole. The Sheriff’s Department says Richard Farrell Andreas, Jr. is 32 years old, a Native American, 5...
by News Staff | Oct 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In the Sierra Wave newsroom Tuesday morning, parents’ Facebook anger showed up in our email accounts. It was all about graffiti or tagging at the elementary school in Bishop. One mother said, “We are lucky to live in a fairly safe community in a...
by News Staff | Oct 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Inyo National Forest Prepares for Potential Winter Road Closures The Inyo National Forest is preparing for the week-end storm in the forecast. The forest may implement winter closures for roads that access the Reds Meadow Valley and Mammoth Lakes Basin areas of...
by News Staff | Oct 27, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Dick Luman, 15-year Road Department mechanic for Mono County has tried and tried to get his job back. He’s still trying. Mono County filed a petition appealing the most recent order of Judge Stan Eller that required the County to reinstate Luman while the...
