On Sunday August 9, 2020, at approximately 4:15 pm, CHP Bishop Inland Communications Center received a call from a citizen reporting a male adult “tagging” buildings adjacent to US-395 in Long Valley (near Crowley Lake). The reporting party provided a detailed description of the suspect and the suspect’s vehicle fleeing the scene on US-395 northbound. […]
(Press Release from Mono County Sheriff Ingrid Braun) On June 24, 2020, at approximately 4:11 pm, Mono County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) and Mono County Emergency Medical Service (EMS) personnel were dispatched to Crowley Lake regarding a drowning. It was reported that a floating mattress blew into the water, and the victim attempted to swim after […]
Press release: “On June 12, 2020 at approximately 1:00 pm, Justin Verzani of Ponca, Nebraska, was driving a tractor-trailer combination of vehicles northbound US 395 and had pulled to the right shoulder near Dusty Lane, just north of Ft. Independence, CA. James Bennett of Oxnard, California, was riding his motorcycle northbound US 395 in the […]
A few local detractors of the “Black Lives Matter” movement sought to sow fear and upset before protests scheduled in Bishop and Mammoth Lakes using social media platforms. The hope was apparently to “mobilize groups” to “counter the protests” and prepare locals to, in some cases, “lock and load.” Even now, days after the protests, […]
Be sure to read Dennis’s Mattinson’s Weather Report on SierraWave.net for a realistic assessment of the storm’s impact in our area.
News Release INYO COUNTY, CA. February 29, 2020 – On Thursday February 27 Inyo County Sheriff was notified of an overdue camper. The reporting party said that Norm Shaughnessy, a 55-year old man from Costa Mesa, CA had planned on spending the night at the Lone Pine campground and would return home Wednesday. Shaughnessy, who […]
“On February 13, 2020, at approximately 2:00 PM, 78 year old Robert Frost of Green Valley, AZ, was driving a 2016 Nissan Versa westbound on Gill Station Coso Road, approaching the intersection of US-395. At the same time, 37 year old John Stiegler of Ridgecrest, CA, was driving a 2014 International Semi-Truck northbound along US-395 […]
Here’s a Press Release from California Highway Patrol’s plan to “tackle” DUI driving. Bishop CHP will have enhanced DUI enforcement patrols throughout the area on Superbowl Sunday. As the big game approaches, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is preparing to take the field and intercept all impaired drivers who fumbled and failed to designate a […]
“On January 2, 2020, the California Highway Patrol Bishop Area welcomed Captain Terry Lowther as the new Area Commander. Former Captain Javier Dominguez retired at the the end of 2019 after a 30 year career with the Department. Captain Lowther is a 23 year veteran of the CHP. He was born to a military family […]
Sierra Wave media spoke with Adam Otten, Public Information Officer for the Bishop CHP, on an incident at the Tri-County Fairgrounds Thursday January 2, 2020. ” On 1.2.20, CHP received a call from the Tri-County Fair staff to report multiple buildings and stored RV’s that had been broken into and vandalized. While investigating the multiple […]
This release provided by the Bishop CHP office, on Thursday January 2, 2020. A difficult day for Bishop CHP officers. A roll-over collision along US-395 near SR-190 in Olancha resulted in two juveniles being ejected. One of the ejected passengers was a four year old child who died on scene. Press Release follows: “On 01/02/20 […]
Bishop CHP provided this press release on a collision where a driver rear-ended a semi-tanker on New Year’s Day and was arrested for DUI. “On 1/01/2020, at approximately 0747 hours, 33yr old Krystal Lynn Addison from Tehachapi, CA was driving her 2016 Ford Fusion northbound on US-395 in the #2 lane, just north of Pearsonville. […]
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