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Eastern Sierra News for February 01, 2026

 

 

 

 

Museum photogravures

The Eastern California Museum in Independence will be open to the public during all three days of the President’s Day Weekend. The Museum and bookstore will be open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Feb. 18-19-20. The three-day weekend offers an...

Ubehebe all over again?

Does a volcanic eruption lurk somewhere beneath Death Valley? A team of scientists at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory say they have uncovered evidence that suggests the Ubehebe (U-bee-hee-bee) Crater last erupted only 800 years ago, not...