Sierra Wave: Eastern Sierra News
Eastern Sierra News for Bishop, Mammoth, Lone Pine, June Lake, Mammoth Lakes
By Bill Snyder The Eastern Sierra Cancer Alliance or ESCA is a grassroots program who offers assistance free of charge to people battling cancer in Inyo and Mono counties. Their biggest fundraiser of the year is their 5k run/walk and the 18th Annual Eastern Sierra Cancer Alliance 5K Run/Walk was held the morning of October […]
Northern Inyo Healthcare District’s Birch Street Annex is busily being transformed into something just shy of Santa’s Workshop – all in anticipation of the 2018 Northern Inyo Hospital Auxiliary’s annual Holiday Boutique. This year’s boutique is set for Saturday, Nov. 3, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. For the second year, the boutique will be held […]
By Deb Murphy How can you tell the difference between frustration and rage? When do you call law enforcement and what can they do when they show up? How do you keep your own anger in check when you’re getting yelled at? These are some of the questions the recently formed Workplace Violence Taskforce has […]
By Deb Murphy Mutual water companies and environmental groups have been waiting a year to find out what their participation in the Owens Valley Groundwater Authority might look like. The question of Associate Members and Interested Parties was on last Thursday’s agenda, but potential members of either category may never get a seat at the […]
Press release The Slim Princess is taking a road trip to visit some friends. The recently restored, historic Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 is on the road from its home at the Eastern California Museum to Durango, Colo., where it will be cared for and operated by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Once in […]
NIHD news release Join Northern Inyo Healthcare District Tuesday, Oct. 30, as Dr. Stacey Brown introduces the district’s new patient portal to the community. Held as part of NIHD’s Healthy Lifestyle Talks, Dr. Brown will give a presentation designed to help patients learn all about this new useful online tool. This is a new patient […]
By Deb Murphy Three incumbents and two challengers faced off at Cero Cosso College Tuesday evening in the pursuit of three seats on Bishop’s City Council. Incumbents Karen Schwartz and Joe Pecsi and challenger Stephen Muchovej are going after two seats; incumbent Chris Costello, chosen to fill the seat of the late Pat Gardner, is […]
By Deb Murphy Mammoth Brewery’s basement was packed with voters Monday evening, waiting to get some help with the list of state propositions on the November 6 ballot from Supervisors Stacy Corless and Jennifer Halferty and Mammoth Lakes Councilmember John Wentworth. Corless admitted up front they were not neutral in their analysis. The three honed […]
By Deb Murphy Mono County’s comments on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s environmental analysis of de-watering ranch leases leave nothing on the table. Reviewing final edits to the 19-page document prepared by Bauer Planning and Environmental Services at Oct. 16 Board meeting, the Mono County Supervisors were delighted with the detail. Though […]
By Deb Murphy Nearly 12 years have passed since then Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa performed the ceremonial re-watering of the Lower Owens River, declaring “This is a new chapter in our relationship with the Owens Valley.” He may have been overly optimistic, but the Lower Owens River Project is still a work in progress […]
By Charles James National Coffee with a Cop at McDonald’s in the Pink McDonald’s restaurants in Bishop and Lone Pine celebrated National Coffee with a Cop Day two weeks ago on Wednesday, October 3. Several dozen residents dropped in to visit with law enforcement officers representing the California Highway Patrol, the Bishop Police Department and […]
By Deb Murphy Six candidates running for three seats on the Bishop Unified School District Board of Trustees faced their electorate Tuesday evening at the Bishop Sunrise Rotary hosted forum at Cerro Coso College. Depending on the outcome, the next Board may look a lot more like the student body. The format was similar to […]
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