by News Staff | Mar 10, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy The Inyo County Board of Supervisors has challenged the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to conduct an environmental study on the impact of two new wells in the West Bishop area or face legal action. The decision was announced to an empty board...
by News Staff | Mar 10, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy It should come as no real surprise: folks with Los Angeles Department of Water and Power won’t be converting hay fields and grazing lands into pot farms. Here’s the official statement: “Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) leases include a...
by News Staff | Mar 9, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Press release TRIBE TO LOS ANGELES BOARD OF WATER AND POWER COMMISSIONERS: PLEASE FIX IRRIGATION PIPE LINE Tribe Fears Reservation Will be Dry Again in 2017 (March 8, 2017) – On March 7, 2017, Chairwoman Shannon Romero of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley...
by News Staff | Mar 8, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Press release The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has implemented a temporary road access closure at North Landing (north of Crowley Lake Reservoir) to limit vehicular access to sage grouse breeding grounds through April 25, 2017. Vehicular traffic...
by News Staff | Mar 2, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Two years ago Swall Meadows was nearly devoured by flames fanned by erratic winds. It will take another year for a complex series of lawsuits to go to court in Los Angeles. The Cal Fire investigation into the Round Fire leveled the blame at ”extreme...