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Bishop Police Make Two Vehicle Theft Arrests in Two Days
Bishop Police Department This report came to Sierra Wave News courtesy of the Bishop Police Department on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Apparently, some local residents from Bishop and Mammoth Lakes...
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Caltrans Video Highlights Maintenance Crews During January’s Winter Storm
Caltrans video chronicles the daily workload of road workers during a severe snowstorm. BISHOP – The first major winter storm of 2021 brought plenty of snow and blizzard-like conditions to eastern...
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Mono County Vaccinating Phase 1b – Tier 1 & Individuals with Certain Medical...
Mono County is currently vaccinating eligible individuals in Phase 1B – Tier 1 of the State’s COVID-19 (Coronavirus) vaccine prioritization framework. This phase includes individuals 65 years or...
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Round 2! | California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program
Over 300,000 applications successfully completed during Round 1 of the California Small Business Covid-19 Relief Grant Program. Starting February 2, 2021, at 8:00 am PST Lendistry will open Round 2...
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Lodging Owners in Mammoth Lakes File Suit Again State Alleging Constitutional...
Mammoth Lakes Lodging Owners file suit against Gov. Gavin Newsom and state’s Covid-19 restrictions According to the website Law360.com posting on February 3, 2021, Lodging owners and related entities...
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Mono County positive Covid-19 cases cut by half; Is positive outlook on Tier...
The number of positive Covid-19 cases have been dropping dramatically in Mono County, with health officials saying that the county positive test rate has dropped dramatically by as much as half in the...
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Mildred Elaine “Betty” Howard, 1935-2021
Mildred Elaine “Betty” Howard | 1935-2021 Born May 17, 1935 in Madera, CA to Cordelia Smith Hancock and Bennie Texas, Mildred died at home in Big Pine, CA on January 27, 2021. She was 85 years old...
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Mono County Covid-19 Vaccinations Up to 5,000 | Highest per capita in state
Mono County has administered over 5,000 Covid-19 vaccinations, the highest per capita in the state. Mono County has administered just under 5,000 COVID-19 vaccinations to date, most of which are first...
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Ben Franklin Store in Bishop Closing end of April | COVID-19 largely to blame...
Ben Franklin Store on Main Street in Bishop, Calif., closing at end of April Ben Franklin is a chain of five and dime and arts and craft stores started in 1927. The stores are found primarily in small...
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Bishop City Council Passes Vacant Building Nuisance Ordinance But Balks at...
Not one, but two empty Kmart stores in Bishop, Calir. Bishop’s City Council approved the much-discussed nuisance ordinance addressing vacant property at its Monday meeting. But, when it came to a...
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Winter Sport Season Also Avalanche Season, Be Prepared
Avalanche Season, Be Prepared Although an avalanche can occur whenever there is snow on a mountain range, avalanches most often occur between the months of December and April. It is important for...
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Unified Command Covid-19 Emergency Operations Center Announces Transitions in...
Time for a change as response to COVID-19 shifts gears towards vaccinations. Effective February 5, Mono County Emergency Medical Services Chief Chris Mokracek transitioned into the role of Director of...
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Learn About Your Wild Neighbors at Wildcare
Red-tailed Hawks, Spirit and Bullitt, at Eastern Sierra Care Center Are you a bit “bored” by the restrictions that COVID-19 has placed on all of us? Would you like to “get out of the house,” do...
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Castle Fire closures remain in effect for severely burned areas
Press Release from Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument (Closures and Reopening Information) Springville, February...
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Travelling the 38th Parallel with David and Janet Carle Presentation
Save the Date and Time: Thursday, February 18, 2021 6:30pm on Zoom Presents Travelling the 38th Parallel INYO350 is pleased to present a Virtual Talk (over Zoom) by local authors and world...
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Safe Parking Program for homeless at Church of Nazarene slated for discussion...
Safe Parking Program for Homeless living in vehicles. Tomorrow, February 16, at 11 a.m., the Inyo County Board of Supervisors will hear an appeal regarding a conditional use permit (CUP) that would...
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Open Letter from Local Realtor’s Opposing View to Bishop City Council on...
Sierra Wave reporter, Deb Murphy’s article last week, Bishop City Council Passes Vacant Building Nuisance Ordinance But Balks at Registry, brought a lengthy, detailed response from local realtor, Stan...
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Eastern Sierra Dispersed Camping Summit: Dealing with The Hordes
Dispersed camping can be bad for environment The Eastern Sierra was ill prepared for the waves of Southern Californians literally heading for the hills during last summer’s COVID-19 restrictions and...
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Dennis Mattinson’s Weather for Tuesday and Wednesday
Dennis Mattinson’s weather station at the base of the Sierra, Fort Independence. WEATHER FORECAST: The Owens Valley / The Town of Mammoth Lakes TUE FEB 16 2021 4:14 AM PST SYNOPSIS: This week looks...
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Revised IMACA Safe Parking Project Has Strong Support But Objections Override...
Safe parking for Homeless Denied by Inyo County Pre-COVID, IMACA’s Housing and Planning Director Larry Emerson had plans for a safe parking project for the homeless living out of their vehicles at the...
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