Mammoth Mountain opens Monday

UPDATED 5:45 PM Sunday, Nov. 2 Let the2008-2009 Winter Season begin. Mammoth Mountain will open for skiing and snowboarding Monday, Nov. 3 after an early-season fall storm dropped about a foot of snow on the mountain. Mammoth officials confirmed the opening Sunday...

Major Power Line Project Proposed

Its early yet in the process, but if a geothermal power plant goes on line in Nevada, new power transmission lines could be built through the Eastern Sierra. Acting BLM field manager Joe Pollini explained that a company called Vulcan Power plans to build new...

Window Vandalism Also In Lone Pine

It now appears that whoever shot out a series of windows in Bishop last week may have been on the road. Sometime between 10:30 Wednesday night and 6:00 Thursday morning, someone shot out at least 13 windows in downtown Bishop. According to the Inyo Sheriffs Deputies,...

Oak Creek Land Sale Raises Concerns

LADWP has confirmed that the agency received an offer to buy more than 100 acres of land along Oak Creek north of Independence. Some citizens have already launched a petition effort to oppose this purchase. DWP’s Chris Plakos said that “DWP is not in the...