WHAT THE BEARS KNOW
Well, I suppose we can thank Al Davis and Dan Holler. Mammoth’s former Police Chief and current Town Manager conspired to fire renowned Mammoth Wildlife Specialist Steve Searles back in[…]
Well, I suppose we can thank Al Davis and Dan Holler. Mammoth’s former Police Chief and current Town Manager conspired to fire renowned Mammoth Wildlife Specialist Steve Searles back in[…]
It’s thought of as the unofficial shooting range of Mono County. From Mammoth, you drive northbound a ways on the highway, passing the territories marked by NO SHOOTING ZONE signs[…]
Okay. It may only be a single double-vault toilet. And it’s not even installed yet. But it’s a start. On Tuesday, community members debated stewardship plans for the Buttermilks Recreation[…]
“That meeting [sic] was a small but mighty and productive group,” said Aron Murillo, reflecting on the Community Housing Conversation held on Tuesday night in June Lake’s Community Center. “But[…]
All is fair in love, war, and taxes. At least, California Democrats are hoping to make it so. This past week, two constitutional amendments moved to the Senate. Assembly Constitutional[…]
I shouldn’t have been so critical early on. When Inyo Supervisor Trina Orrill just started the job, and didn’t know anything, her contribution at Board meetings amounted to thanking people[…]
Recent “news” about the latest uptick of Covid-19 cases in Mono County has, more or less, been airborne by word of mouth. These most recent cases have not been contextualized[…]
AI (Artifical Intelligence) isn’t something that screams “Mammoth Lakes” in the same way that “I’m working three jobs to pay for my studio” does. There is irony in the contrast[…]
No matter how you cut it, Tigran “Teeko” Ghukasyan knows his way around a steak. “Meat? It’s what I do,” said Ghukasyan. Words that inspire confidence from the man slated[…]
Mammoth Lakes Tourism Executive Director John Urdi, Mammoth Mountain Senior V.P. Eric Clark and a pair of aviation consultants [The Four Horsemen of the Sierra?] addressed the Inyo County Board[…]
Hidden within the expansive forests, just out of view from the unsuspecting public, live countless individuals. More than you might imagine. Many venture into its depths for brief respites—mindful of[…]
On Thursday, August 17th, a mosquito pool located north of Bishop tested positive for Saint Louis encephalitis, or SLE. I spoke to Rob Miller, Operations Supervisor of the Owens Valley[…]
Fourth grade. Bernice A. Ray Elementary School in Hanover, N.H. Teacher: Cynthia Hayes. Every day she would read to the class. Twenty or thirty minutes. The kids would all lie[…]
Honoring the realm of grand coincidence … I’ve been reading Jonathan Eig’s “King,” a biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and sure enough, reached the March on Washington, “I[…]
Mammoth’s Community Recreation Center (CRC) – the circus tent off Old Mammoth – is slated for a ribbon cutting “Fall/Winter, 2023” per the CRC project website. Last week, I noticed[…]
My first Saturday morning in the Eastern Sierra began as a delivery of all that had been promised. This past August 19 may have been Pedalpalooza 2023 to some—a yearly,[…]
Mammoth Lakes Town Council teed itself up for yet another round of lively discourse surrounding the temporary closure of Snowcreek Resort’s golf course. Inviting public comment, Mayor John Wentworth acknowledged[…]
Arlene Bunch flicked on the Val D’isere stovetop. A wall of fire engulfed her. The kitchen cratered through the floor. Bunch, at the epicenter, buried under splintered and snowy debris.[…]
“Hello, handsome. Is that a ten-gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show?” That was Madeline Kahn’s line (playing Lili Von Shtupp) in the 1974 Mel Brooks film “Blazing[…]
Summer is here and the bikers are on the road. It seems hectic in town, but are bikes to blame for the congestion? Employees of A-Frame Fine Wines & Spirits[…]
In 1872, the U.S. Government declared a mining law. Emily Markstein – cofounder of No Hot Creek Mine and the Friends of the Inyo No Hot Creek Mine Campaign Organizer[…]
Inyo County CAO Nate Greenberg updated Inyo County Supervisors about the local EMS situation at their meeting Tuesday in Independence. REACH Medical is currently serving the greater Bishop area on[…]
From a July 24 press release written by Darcy Ellis, Assistant Clerk of the Inyo County Board of Supervisors: Inyo County has signed a 30-day agreement for emergency medical services[…]
In Lower Rock Creek stands a giant, old growth Jeffrey Pine. “I find [it] really aesthetically amazing,” said Bill Ossofsky. It’s his favorite tree in the area. Ossofsky is one[…]
Following the news of the potential creation of a Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) in June Lake – The Sheet canvassed some of the local businesses in June to gauge[…]
Remember that crisis brewing regarding local ambulance service in the greater Bishop area? Symons Ambulance called it quits. The local government officials scrambled. An emergency RFP (Request for Proposals) was[…]
At Tuesday’s Mono County Board of Supervisors meeting, Ralph Lockhart of June’s Double Eagle Resort and Spa pitched the formation of a June Lake TBID to the Board. It’s in[…]
I am again back east this week, grabbing the kid from summer camp. Thursday morning. The area remains under flood watch for the next few days. Montpelier, Vermont, one hour[…]
Weekend temperatures slated to top 105 in the Owens Valley and hit 85-plus in Mammoth Lakes should generate enough daytime and nighttime heat to deliver this year’s “peak” Sierra runoff. […]
Received the following comment on the website this week: “What Caltrans and Inyo County want people to believe is that it’s [Highway136 through Keeler around the backside of Owens Lake][…]
Five days before the Fourth of July, the California Reparations Task Force published a 1,000+ page final report that provides “incontrovertible evidence of the harms [against Black Californians] requiring reparations[…]
According to her daughter Camden, Jennifer Leader DeAngelis would counsel her children to “Live Happy. And Be Weird.” And Mom was someone who practiced what she preached. A pied piper[…]
Tuesday. I’ve made it through security at Boston’s Logan Airport without hassle (It took me ’til my 50s to realize that a fresh shave is all you need to sail[…]
Ivana Crone – wild horse photographer and Rock Creek Pack Station Mustang trip guide – asked if I was okay riding a mule. The other Wild Mustang Viewers on Sunday’s[…]
Since June 6, Inyo National Forest firefighters and assisting agencies have been burning parts of the nearby forest. You might’ve spotted the plumes of smoke in the distance. Or, you[…]
Interim Northern Inyo Hospital District (NIHD) CEO Stephen DelRossi gave a grim update to Inyo County Supervisors about the financial state of the hospital district at the Supervisors meeting on[…]
The Southern Mono Hospital District Board made its temporary cessation of Labor and Delivery services permanent on Tuesday evening at a special meeting held in the hospital’s conference room. The[…]
Wow. Sure feels like 2008. You’ve got all this momentum: A town brimming with real estate excess. A record snowfall over the winter. The tailwinds from the Ikon Pass and[…]
On Tuesday, there was another packed house at the Bishop Unified School District monthly board meeting in anticipation of further culture wars – this time over approval of the high[…]
In the basement of a brewery full of what Mammoth Lakes Mayor John Wentworth called “thought leaders” (one point for me), Town Council Member Chris Bubser stood at the end[…]
It’s May 25, 2020. Two months into Covid. Then-126 pound Bishop Union High School Freshman Will Hennarty is watching an inspirational YouTube video of Oklahoma State University wrestler Daton Fix. […]
California’s Senate Bill 584 passed in the Senate chamber on Wednesday (27 yes’s to 11 no’s) and has been ordered to the Assembly. If passed in the Assembly, the bill[…]
A stakeholders meeting was held last week to discuss potential timelines for opening the Lakes Basin and Red’s Meadow to the public. Best estimate for the Lakes Basin: July 1. Best[…]
The five Bishop Unified School District Board members voted 4-1 to approve the Sexual Education Health Curriculum in its regular meeting held on Thursday, May 18, at the Home Street[…]
Johnny Cash: “How high’s the water mama?” “Five feet high and rising.” Runoff season is turning into a sprint, but the finish line is still a long way off. The[…]
After some relatively chilly spring weather, the Eastern Sierra runoff drama is heating up. Streams and creeks that were languishing in the “normal” runoff range are starting to gush like[…]
Mammoth Lakes Town Council continued its laborious slog towards a renewal of the TBID (Tourism Business Improvement District) at its meeting Wednesday. It held a required hearing on the matter,[…]
It was twenty years ago today – well, Sunday – that The Sheet published its first issue. The lead story was entitled “Welcome to Peyton Place.” Quite apt. Original advertisers[…]
On May 9th, Tom Painter – founder and CEO ofAirborne Snow Observatories, Inc. – gave a presentation on the Sierra snowpack as part of the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory’s[…]
It’s clear that Mammoth Councilmember Sarah Rea is not a “Barbie Girl.” On Wednesday at Mammoth Town Council’s regular meeting, Rea pushed fellow Councilmembers to enact a single-use ban on[…]
Thursday, April 20th. Lee Hill’s birthday trip. The high temperature was 46 in Mammoth Lakes. Hill – 57, San Diego native, works at Children’s Hospital, been coming up to Mammoth[…]
Somewhat odd that we’ll devote some front page space to a groundwater management district in a year of plenty when groundwater pumping is a less pressing concern, but … The[…]
A little over a month ago, the Wall Street Journal published a column by Jennifer Calfas: “Librarians See Record Book-Ban Efforts.” The kicker: “Attempts to ban books in U.S. libraries nearly[…]
BY KLUSMIRE The plug has been pulled out of the bottom of the Owens Valley plumbing system and the spigot is wide open. The Los Angeles Department of Water and[…]
Fresh off his induction to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in March, and then a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Ski Areas Association this week, longtime[…]
John Wehausen picks up the mountain lion’s severed head. He’s outside the CDFW (California Department of Fish and Wildlife) office in Bishop. A handful of others and I stand around[…]
In a press release issued this week, Northern Inyo Healthcare District announced it would lay off approximately 3% of its workforce. This equates to 15 positions out of 460. The[…]
Reporters can relate to realtors in this respect – we both can spend an awful lot of time on leads/meetings that yield zilch. But realtors – they can cut their[…]
The time is nigh for Mammoth’s TBID (Tourism Business Improvement District) renewal. And it isn’t a question of if so much as how long. Mammoth Lakes Tourism wants a ten-year[…]
Mammoth Lakes Tourism announced this week that it will spend $900,000 over the next year on a local cloud-seeding program to enhance snowfall in Mammoth Lakes. The program will commence[…]
Last Tuesday’s storm dropped about 28 inches of snow on Mammoth Mountain, making ‘22-’23 the snowiest season on record. More snow fell the day after, and as of March 30th,[…]
At a special meeting of the Northern Inyo Hospital District Board held Friday, March 24, Interim NIHD CEO Lionel “Chad” Chadwick acknowledged that the District has drawn down its reserve[…]
We’ve reached that inflection point where it’s turned nasty. Where we’ve tapped out, but Mother Nature continues to tighten the chokehold and there is no referee. There are a number[…]
There were seven avalanches, Dave Swisher told me. He’s the Chairman of the Fire Commission in Mono City. Seven avalanches the last weekend of February. The slides toppled 20 power[…]
Emergency vehicles. L.A. County, Riverside, Pasadena, San Diego County, Santa Fe Springs, Urban Search and Rescue. Mammoth and Bishop. Parked on Forest Trail from the Village to Hillside. A Caltrans[…]
Monday morning, the Mammoth Mall parking garage adjacent to Good Life Cafe collapsed, crushing the vehicles parked underneath. No people were injured. Mammoth Lakes Fire Department Division Chief Jeff Sutch[…]
Friday. Tenth of March. A section of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s L.A. Aqueduct collapsed. Two miles out of Olancha. The cause: intense rain. “Storm water pooled[…]
Winter snow and rain has cloaked Mono County for weeks. More than cloaked. Splintered. North County and South County indefinitely separated by an avalanche – 395 north of Lee Vining. […]
At the urging of Urmas Franosch, I just finished reading “The Dreamt Land” by Mark Arax. Another 520 pages about water and California. Which is really a story of boom[…]
On February 27th, an avalanche north of Lee Vining brought down a section of metal retaining fence and flooded Highway 395 with 30 to 40 feet of snow and debris.[…]
Jay Jensen, Jim King, and Pat Armstrong knew the Kern River snow survey route well. 40 years for Jensen. Around 35 years for King. 52 years for Armstrong. “One job,[…]
On Wednesday, The Sheet received a press release from the City of Bishop which included a 23 page attachment. The attachment was a copy of a complaint filed Tuesday in[…]
On the 2nd day, God decided Human Beings would need a Conversational Fallback. So He created The Weather. Ever since, we’ve been talking about it when there’s not much more[…]
Per the Northern Inyo Healthcare District’s contract with Interim CEO Chad Chadwick: “In consideration for all services to be performed by Chadwick, the District agrees to pay Chadwick base compensation[…]
We all have our secret perversions. And I’m gonna divulge one of mine to you. So you might want to crinkle the edges of the paper inward a bit. Hunch[…]
You’re from L.A. Just – wait. Ok? I didn’t research hotels and flights and food costs for you to stop reading this article. I know you’re a local. Or you’re[…]
Tazbah Rose Chavez, a member of the Bishop Paiute Tribe and a 2005 BUHS (Bishop Union High School) graduate, is now a successful Hollywood writer, director and producer. She shared[…]
Stenzel’s studio. Bishop, CA. I have to call him. “Hey, Alex. I’m outside a gate, there’s a sculpture or something.” “Oh, Charlie! You’re here! Yes, come in the driveway. Don’t[…]
The best explanation for it, I suppose, is seasonal mood disorder. How else to explain Inyo County Board of Supervisors Chair Jennifer Roeser being reasonably reasonable and competent the majority[…]
The sweetest word in a taxeater’s vocabulary: leave. Administrative leave. Leave of absence. Leave you to love me (oh wait, that’s a Selena Gomez song – blame my daughter’s taste[…]
Annie Rinaldi’s on a listening tour. The current Mammoth Unified School District (MUSD) Superintendent has been in the position for six weeks. Before that: Mammoth Middle School Principal for eight[…]
Around Thanksgiving, John Lambeth of Civitas, a firm that consults lical municipalities on the formation of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) wrote a letter to John Urdi – Executive Director of[…]
The Limelight Mammoth sales gallery in the Village at Mammoth (next to Hugs Ice Cream) will open next weekend. The gallery officially opens Saturday, February 11 from 4-6 p.m. Adding[…]
Here’s a reason you’ll miss me someday. The following came from Peggy Noonan’s column in the Wall Street Journal last weekend calling for the removal of George Santos from Congress.[…]
The Sierra Nevada Resort has been the subject of many “visions” and reimaginings over the years. And many intermediate measures implemented while waiting for the grand visions to materialize. Some[…]
Ben Atwood’s the Director of Operations for Allied General Contractors. Used to be in Bakersfield. Moved up to Mammoth 7 years back. Bakersfield’s his satellite office now, and Mammoth’s his[…]
It’s kinda strange writing this editorial, with a show tonight and through the weekend (see ad opposite page), and knowing Lesley-Anne Hoxie will not be there (see obituary page eight). […]
For the past three summers, Yosemite National Park has implemented an entry-time reservation system. Meaning, if you want to enter the park between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., you have[…]
Chris Smallcomb from the National Weather Service presented his winter seasonal precipitation outlook last Tuesday to the Mono County Board of Supervisors. The bottom line for the next two weeks:[…]
On Tuesday morning, an avalanche swept through the Aspendell community, damaging three homes. One home was pushed off its foundation. The other two homes sustained moderate damage in the form[…]
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the British have some things going for them. Like calling cookies “biscuits.” And fries “chips.” And chips “crisps.” My friend Matt is doing a Masters[…]
Mammoth Lakes Police Chief Al Davis, 59, has been placed on administrative leave after being popped for a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) in Mammoth Lakes on Friday, January 6. […]
The weather is pretty much the news this week. And people accuse me of hyperbole. “Bomb cyclone.” Can’t get much more dramatic than that. Best I can come up with[…]
Sunday, Jan. 1. Around 4 p.m. I didn’t notice, because the living room lightbulb finicks. A few seconds passed. The bulb stayed dead. So, I checked the kitchen lights. No[…]
You won’t hear her complain. Nor will she let you get away with it. That’s the beauty of Bea. You go to her because you want a shoulder to cry[…]
Above Mammoth Lakes, warm air meets cold air. The droplets freeze, then fall. Snow. Onto my car. Feet. A couple hours and a few curse words later, my car is[…]
Last month, the Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce chose Mammoth Business Essentials (MBE) as its business of the year. MBE is the post office alternative and has its own mailboxes[…]
Northern Inyo Hospital District (NIHD) appointed Melissa Best-Baker to fill Topah Spoonhunter’s seat at its December 2 special meeting. At the same meeting, it also introduced Interim CEO Lionel “Chad”[…]
Inyo County Supervisors voted Tuesday to suspend taking permit applications for hosted nightly rentals. The moratorium will be for at least 45 days, but could extend for up to 22[…]
No, Aaron Schat’s plans to transform Sterling Heights into workforce housing are not shot to hell. But they’ve been dealt a setback. In October, the Bishop Planning Commission, displaying a[…]
A random Thanksgiving memory. I was probably about 10 or 11. My parents had invited friends to visit for the holiday. They had two children. The youngest was 7 or[…]
Our newest reporter Charlie Pike was asking me the other day about flying home for Christmas. And remarking on how expensive and inconvenient the flight schedules were between Reno and[…]
Gregg Vane’s house has windows. A wall of them, two stories tall, threaded by beams of wood. In the 1990s, when Vane was looking to buy a lot on which[…]
Mammoth Lakes Tourism (MLT) unveiled its latest ad campaign at the Mammoth Lakes Town Council meeting on Wednesday, part of the organization’s push for a ten-year renewal of the TBID[…]
San Diego. Home to the Padres, eight African elephants, and the Englishman I met on the chairlift yesterday. Also, Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter School. From their site:[…]
November is National Men’s Health Awareness Month, and Saturday, November, 19 is International Men’s Day. Many of men’s physical health problems stem from mental health issues; this includes diseases from[…]
I spoke to two-term Mammoth Councilman John Wentworth on Wednesday to ask him if he was at all surprised by election results, which placed him in danger of potential defeat.[…]
The Mammoth Lakes Housing Board has struck up a back-alley deal with Mammoth Fire Protection District Fire Chief Ales Tomaier. Except the back-alley was Suite Z, last Monday, during a[…]
The votes are in. Kind of. As of Thursday, Nov. 10, 2,864 votes have been cast in Mono County, and approximately 1,150 remain to be counted. Mono County’s expected voter[…]
… For what it’s worth, at the final Mammoth Council meeting on Wednesday before next Tuesday’s election, candidates Truax and Bubser showed up, and incumbent John Wentworth was on the[…]
As of Wednesday, Mammoth saw 11 inches of fresh snow at Main Lodge- the first big dump of the season. The new snow pushed Mammoth Mountain’s opening day up to[…]
This past Wednesday, the Eastern Sierra Climate & Communities Resilience Project (ESCCRP) held a virtual public scoping meeting that included a Q&A with project team members. Per their page on[…]
Back in July, The Sheet reported on the implications of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or “CalPERS”, realizing a 6.1% loss for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. The consensus was[…]
Let me sum up my feelings on the Mammoth Council race as we enter the homestretch. I don’t have a clue. Guthrie is too angry. Hoff, in her previous term,[…]
Critical Race Theory. CRT. One of the buzz terms surrounding school board elections across the nation. Bishop Unified School District candidate Jim Liles, during a candidate forum, referred to CRT[…]
During the Mono County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Mono County Director of Behavioral Health Robin Roberts presented on “The Deaths of Despair: Suicide, Unintentional Overdose Deaths, and Prevention[…]
On October 7, 37-year old Mammoth resident Andras Csonka held a random family at gunpoint in the Mammoth Village and ordered them to get into his vehicle. Police were called,[…]
To update you on the attempted California Indian Legal Services (CILS)/Bishop Paiute land grab in my Watterson Road neighborhood … Nine homes burned in the Fairview Fire in my Bishop[…]
A headline from the October 1-2 weekend edition of The Wall Street Journal: “Cities Dangle Bonuses to Fill Police Ranks.” The ensuing story talked about how the city of Redding,[…]
During the Mono County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, the board discussed agenda item 7A- a discussion of Tioga Pass and Yosemite Reservation System Restrictions. The item centered around[…]
Picture this. White room. White walls, white floor, whole nine. It’s a white room. White rolling chairs. Leather, sure, or plastic leather, or – I don’t care. Chairs. On one[…]
After their football game against Mammoth High School on September 24th, Coleville High School administration has decided that it will not schedule athletic contests with Mammoth during the upcoming basketball[…]
The Mammoth Chamber of Commerce held a Mammoth Town Council candidate forum on Tuesday, where the 6 candidates for Mammoth Town Council’s 3 open positions answered questions posed by the[…]
We had a lot of feedback this week – mostly stemming from the various errors I made. In the Mirage Factory review, I mistakenly had the aqueduct completed in 1915[…]
John Wentworth is a seasoned public servant for the town of Mammoth Lakes. He is one of 6 candidates running for one of Mammoth Town Council’s 3 open positions in[…]
Martin Ezidro. But the players call him Coach Mar. It’s his third year coaching Mammoth High School’s football team. 2019 – the year before COVID – his Huskies went 0-7. […]
I remember the first time I took Adderall vividly. I was nineteen. I took it before my Introduction to Neuroscience class, taught by the beloved Director of the Psychological and Brain[…]
As former Inyo County Assessor Thomas Lanshaw said in a recent phone interview, being the Assessor is a thankless exercise. “No one ever called me up and said good job.” […]
The Shell by Mammoth Liquor: $6.25/gallon. The Shell off Old Mammoth: $6.35/gallon. The Chevron: $6.45/gallon. The 76: $6.45/gallon. Moral of the story: fuel up on the south side of Main[…]
Longtime Mammoth local Elohim “Elo” Kai Tracy – who was arrested after turning himself in for shooting a bear outside of a Mammoth apartment building September 8th – was released[…]
Bishop City Councilmembers weren’t terribly enthusiastic when asked their opinion about renaming Bishop Airport the Bishop-Dave McCoy Airport. There was no support for the proposal, which was agendized for Council’s[…]
“I am not a politician. I am a community member who has forged great relationships with people in this town. I want to make life better for everyone, and I’ve[…]
On September 8, at approximately 10:30 a.m., the Mammoth Lakes Police Department (MLPD) responded to a call about a bear laying in the bushes behind the Mammoth Hospital Orthopedic Institute,[…]
During the Mammoth Lakes Tourism (MLT) Board meeting on Wednesday, Executive Director John Urdi’s wallet got even fatter. During Urdi’s Annual Performance Review for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the board[…]
Psychoanalyst Carl Jung once said, “until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” But in order to truly be the master[…]
A disagreement between two campers resulted in the shooting of a 65-year old Fillmore man on Tuesday morning in an encampment off of Owens River Rd. in Mono County, five miles[…]
As a follow-up to last week, I was immediately badgered by a lawyer from The Friends of Northern Mono Basin to retract/clarify the John Rea assertion that the fire commissioner’s[…]
Mammoth’s summer economy: out of the 2021 frying pan and into… something a bit more normal. “This summer was manageable,” said Brandon Brocia, owner and operator of Bleu Market &[…]
Dave Carranza’s bay boat zips across Crowley Lake. It’s early morning. We’re headed north, toward the bite. Cows graze on shore grasses that flow into water. Sunlight blankets the lake’s[…]
In Mammoth, when people get upset about new development and neighbors encroaching upon their property, the fight is over height and setbacks. And every foot is precious. Three feet less[…]
Historically, wastewater surveillance has been used to track things such as opioid use and STD transmission in a particular geographic area. During the 789th meeting of the Mammoth Community Water[…]
Hidden from the general public in Lundy Canyon, old-growth trees are being threatened by plans for a new bathroom near the trailhead of the Lundy Canyon Trail. The previous bathroom[…]
On August 1, several homeowners in the Watterson Road neighborhood of Bishop received a love letter from California Indian Legal Services. If Watterson is a familiar address of late, that’s[…]
On Wednesday, Mammoth Lakes Town Council voted to raise Town Council salaries from $735 per month to $1,029 per month. This means that, if council members have a little bit[…]
During its closed session on Tuesday, the Inyo County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to appoint Nathan (Nate) Greenberg to the position of Inyo County Administrative Officer (CAO). Greenberg has[…]
I’m late, I’m late … not much time to write editorial this week, since I need to get down to Bishop. I was asked this morning to remove newspaper boxes[…]
Only in Mammoth do “Bear Whisperers” remain on the sidelines while the Town crows about record tax receipts. Mammoth Lakes Police Department (MLPD) released its most current “Bear Beat” to[…]
As a counterpoint to the love note Charles James penned in regard to last week’s Bishop Planning Commission approval of Aaron Schat’s Sterling Heights project … You know a developer[…]
The rain that came down on Sunday, July 31st caused multiple search and rescue missions of campers and hikers throughout Inyo County. This included the Inyo Sheriff’s Office (ICSO) responding[…]
During the Mammoth Lakes Tourism (MLT) Board meeting on Wednesday, Boardmembers discussed how they just didn’t understand why local front line workers were expressing resentment towards the entity’s TBID (Tourism[…]
So I wonder how all the Trumpers are gonna spin this one. The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page flogged our former Mussolini-In-Chief in its weekend (July 23-24) issue. The title:[…]
The adage of “Never look a gift horse in the mouth” came to mind while watching Tuesday’s City of Bishop Planning Commission meeting. The commission met to discuss the application[…]
It’s probably safe to say that longtime local attorney and businessman Paul Rudder is an acquired taste. Even his wife Kathleen will acknowledge that he was a bit rough around[…]
Mammoth Unified School Superintendent Jennifer Wildman has resigned her position, effective July 31. Dr. Wildman served the district for approximately three years. She was the recent subject of a no-confidence[…]
As of July 22, Ales (pronounced Al-esh) Tomaier takes the reins as the new Mammoth Lakes Fire Chief. Tomaier is a 19-year veteran of the department who started as a[…]
Despite the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Mono County, Mammoth residents have largely appeared unconcerned about Covid – the same people who, a year ago, were socially distancing and[…]
Now a veteran of two local fires which have destroyed my property, I can tell you the first question I have every time someone tells me the neighborhood’s on fire. […]
Nine homes in West Bishop burned last Friday afternoon, stemming from a fire which broke out at approximately 2:45 p.m. in a home at the end of Fairview Circle. Fairview[…]
Chamber music, a form of classical music composed of a small group of instruments without a conductor, each of which produces its own unique sound, has given birth to some[…]
If you’re wondering what they’re doing up there on Canyon Blvd. just down from the Westin Monache, they (hotel developers based out of Aspen, Colo.) are planning to build a[…]
At its regular meeting Wednesday, the Mammoth Lakes Tourism Board formally approved its plan to petition to extend the TBID (Tourism Business Improvement District) for a ten-year term beginning next[…]
We tend to not dwell too much on national issues here at The Sheet, just because there are plenty of other news outlets dedicated to those topics, but on rare[…]
No matter where you stand on the abortion issue, when you talk about it, all conversations seem to end in recrimination. The fine line of when to deem personhood and[…]
Mid-April, I was living and working on a ranch in Arizona. Ranching season was ending, and I was confronted with a paradox of choice. I had whatever I wanted ahead[…]
At some point, I have to get more of the Sheet archives online. Because back in the day, I did have my moments. Fifteen years ago, you know what the[…]
The Pacific Crest Trail is a 2,650 footpath that runs from Mexico to Canada and passes through Mammoth Lakes. You’ve likely seen hikers walking around town with big backpacks and[…]
The world is supposedly a stage, but being an actor for the first time can be an unnatural, weird experience. It pushes you out of your comfort zone and makes[…]
The Sheet received information from members of the community that June Lake’s aging infrastructure poses a potential threat to the livelihood of the town’s water system. Our newspaper tried to[…]
Mammoth Lakes Police Department’s (MLPD) Sergeant Joe Vetter and School Resource Officer Daniel Hansen presented an update on school-shooter protocol at Mammoth’s Town Council meeting on Wednesday. Hansen explained that,[…]
On May 9th, 2022, California Public Utilities Commission reopened the record on NEM (Net Energy Metering) 3.0, a new iteration on the way solar power may be taxed and billed[…]
The Mammoth Unified School Board met on Tuesday evening to decide the fate of MUSD School Superintendent Jennifer Wildman. The stated purpose of the meeting was a personnel evaluation. Wildman[…]
I appreciate Inyo County Board of Supervisors Clerk Darcy Ellis. She notices errors, moves to fix them, and then is often scapegoated for trying to fix the problem she is[…]
As visiting yoga instructor Eric Paskel says of the upcoming Mammoth Yoga Festival, what makes it unique is that it’s produced by two folks, Kevin Green and Sarah Anisman, who[…]
Soon, residents and visitors of Mammoth Lakes will be able to step into the Limelight, a new luxury hotel planned for the land on Canyon next to the Westin. If[…]
Elizabeth Tenney sure tried. The former Mammoth Planning Commissioner was a big proponent of making the Town look better. She was the inspiration behind the welcome signs at the entrance[…]
“Two years of the pandemic have made these kids feral,” said a Mammoth educator regarding a recent violent event that landed a local man in the hospital. The incident involved[…]
How is your mental health doing? Okay? Oh, that’s good. Me? I’m hanging on by a thread. I know many people feel the same way. I read their Twitter threads. […]
“Mammoth Voices” was started in 2016 with the intention of having “civic discourse”. Their golden rule is that they “always talk about issues, but never talk about people”. On Thursday,[…]
Lot of odds and ends here. Let’s see … This one cracked me up. From the front page of the Wall Street Journal’s Business and Finance section from May 11.[…]
The animus and distrust has been building for some time. This week, contention over the hiring process for the next Mammoth High School Principal pushed the low-throated grumbling into something[…]
Denver, Colo. — May 25, 2022 — Today, Alterra Mountain Company announced that Jared Smith, the company’s President, will be promoted to Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1, 2022. At[…]
The Sheet sat down this week with Tina and Tom Sjögren, the CEO and CTO of Pythom, a U.S. rocket engineering company located out of Bishop. The Swedish couple have[…]
Who knew that Jennifer Roeser’s principal contribution to the Inyo County Board of Supervisors when she joined the board in January, 2021 would be her ability to galvanize public interest[…]
An article in the April 13th edition of the Wall Street Journal revealed that The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends that all children as young as the age[…]
I was out of town for a few days last week on Margaux’s 4th grade field trip to the Missions in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. There were just[…]
Mammoth’s Planning and Economic Development Commission (PEDC) approved a tentative tract map, design review and a use permit for Phase One of the Limelight Hotel project to be located at[…]
While water supply continues to hover around a “critical point” for the city of Los Angeles, the amount of water available to Inyo County has also reached an all-time low[…]
If only the TBID story on the front page represented the extent of my time spent on Mammoth Lakes Tourism this week. Tuesday afternoon was just the first three hours. […]
Mammoth’s Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) is up for renewal in 2023, and TBID revenue comprises more than two-thirds of the Mammoth Lakes Tourism (MLT) marketing budget, so one can[…]
Mono County Supervisors received a fire season forecast at their regular meeting Tuesday from officials representing multiple federal agencies. The upshot: Inyo National Forest Supervisor Lesley Yen warned that a[…]
I didn’t intend to have the great Chuck Klosterman fill in editorially this week. I don’t know him and hope he doesn’t mind. I tend to pick up his books[…]
Three years ago, Mono County saw a disease breakout in fish hatcheries, and for that entire year the Eastern Sierra saw hardly any stocked fish – and the fish they[…]
The people who make you want to get closer to God aren’t the people who beat you over the head with God. In fact, profession of faith may never even[…]
There was a joint meeting between Mammoth’s Council and Mammoth Lakes Tourism on Wednesday to review “strategy” and “deliverables” for MLT in 2022-2023 Which amounted to MLT trying to say[…]
Claude Fiddler is an intense man. A patient man. A willful man. A perfectionist. And when you’re asking him about his photography, you almost get the sense that there’s a[…]
On April 8, a large Jeffrey Pine Tree was cut down from its location in Mammoth near the Starwood development site on the edge of its lot line, which borders[…]
Kelvin Johnston has seen a lot of Inyo County, from living in a double-wide trailer in Shoshone as the residential sheriff’s deputy, to being short-hauled from helicopters into canyons to[…]
Per usual, I’m sitting here with 55 minutes to write an editorial. What the hell is wrong with me? I could tell you I’m in distress, but I’ve been in[…]
Mammoth Brewing Company Owner Sean Turner announced this week that he has sold an ownership stake in Mammoth’s Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza to Rich Sherman, President and CEO of[…]
After nearly 24 years in law enforcement, Joe Vetter is running for sheriff of Inyo County. The 48-year-old sergeant wants to bring back community policing, put more cops into schools,[…]
May as well clean this up now. Steve Searles was not rehired by the Town of Mammoth Lakes, as written in The Sheet last week. That was an April Fool’s[…]
To all partygoers, beer drinkers, and event hosts: a new business is hitting the Eastern Sierra called Tap Truck 395. Wife and husband co-owners Kristen and Tim Noonan are ecstatic[…]
I’m almost afraid to make any jokes this week given the Will Smith/Chris Rock furor. What’s the hinged/unhinged ratio these days? Should I be concerned about the feng shui of[…]
Among Inyo County’s options for sheriff on the ballot coming this June, Eric Pritchard has the most experience. That’s because he’s actually been the sheriff for more than two months,[…]
At the farewell party for 50-year Mammoth resident Lonnie Newbry held at Giovanni’s Restaurant on March 23, attendees not only put names on their name tags, but also described their[…]
I get this one the other day … Mr. Lunch, Are you kidding me? With all the stuff going on in the world, or (how about our board of Supervisors)[…]
Inyo County’s four choices for sheriff sat down together at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) hall in Bishop Tuesday and answered questions from veterans and the public. It was[…]
In celebration of National Women’s Month, let’s shine a spotlight on Bishop’s Naomi Jensen, who owns TEAM Environmental, a local natural resources management firm. Two weeks ago, she sent out[…]
“The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom” -Proverbs 9:10 “Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth” -Pema Chodron “Fear is paper thin” -Anon. Brain[…]
My daughter had wanted a ski day birthday party, so I’d called June Mountain to arrange it. A few weeks in advance no less – a stunning achievement for a[…]
On March 10, the Eastern Sierra Climate and Communities Resilience Project (ESCCRP) held its 10th meeting since November 2020 regarding how the region plans to protect its forests from wildfire[…]
While both the Town of Mammoth Lakes and Mono County approved a $100,000 (each) emergency funding request made by local non-profit IMACA (Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action) a few[…]
Stick around long enough, and anything’s liable to end up in your mailbox: Mr. Lunch, I just read your article “Red Flags Flying” written in 2018 [Nov. 24 issue]and the[…]
What do you get when you hand a force of nature a camera? You get Nolan Nitschke. The esteemed local photographer, whose work has appeared in the Smithsonian on three[…]
It’s reassuring to believe that everything in the universe is connected and therefore everything happens for a reason. But when destiny deals you an uphill battle, it’s not easy to[…]
I came across this quote the other day from Tom McGuane: “Remember, when you back your horse into the box, there’s about 500 million people who don’t care whether you[…]
On Monday, Alterra Resorts announced that it would spend $344 million (company-wide) on capital improvements for fiscal year 2022-2023. All well and good, but what does this mean for Mammoth? […]
Almost 40 years to the date, a massive avalanche devastated California’s Alpine Meadows Ski Area in North Lake Tahoe, killing three people trapped inside of a ski lodge and sparing[…]
I’ve known Jim Ouimet as long as I’ve been in Mammoth. In fact, he may have been the first local I ever met. Ouimet is the owner of Mammoth Dog[…]
Inyo County has historically been an area to attract eclectic characters from all over the country, drawn to the sweeping landscapes of cowboy country juxtaposed by colossal mountain ranges. But[…]
IMACA (Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action, a local nonprofit which provides social services ranging from child care to energy assistance to food banks, announced this week that it would[…]
The story was national news. Two weeks ago, a group of eight ice skaters visited Stampede Reservoir about six miles east of Truckee. It was a beautiful day, temperatures rising[…]
I feel like I was the only one who saw it. And maybe I was. Weirdly enough, the Olympic Winter Games viewership in America was down 43% during these Opening[…]
It sure looked like a slam dunk at the outset. The third phase of the Obsidian development adjacent to Sierra Star Golf Course came before Mammoth’s Planning and Economic Development[…]
The Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association hosted another talk on Thursday, February 3, as part of its Winter Adventure Series hosted at the Mammoth Welcome Center. The talk, called “Mountain Lions[…]
Town Manager Dan Holler’s performance review concluded Wednesday night’s Mammoth Town Council meeting. No bonuses for Dan: he’s tapped out on pay, having reached the Town’s ceiling for Managers. When[…]
Other resort communities in California imposing caps on short-term rentals has Mammoth locals believing Town officials may follow suit. At a recent Mammoth Town Council Meeting, Councilmember Sarah Rea suggested[…]
Ryan Navales’ first arrest happened when he was 13 years old. He recalls running through Bishop City Park in his Chuck Taylors after convincing a homeless man to buy he[…]
I spoke to a few folks this week about the late Linda Arcularius (see obituary on page eight). District Five Supervisor Matt Kingsley had the best anecdote. He said he[…]
A dirt road stretching to the horizon. Snow-capped peaks in the periphery. A bright, shiny truck or SUV kicking up dust as it tears down the road and into the future. […]
Stephanie Rennie, the current Chief Investigator for the Inyo County District Attorney’s Office, is running for the position of Inyo County Sheriff this June. Rennie is determined to make a[…]
I am out of town so I apologize for not being around for the most important story of the week, that being the passing of former Inyo County Supervisor Linda[…]
In October, Mono County’s attempts to host large-scale vaccine clinic events, with the specific intent of outreach to the local Latinx community, fell flat when the Board of Supervisors shot down[…]
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a[…]
At the Inyo County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, District Four Supervisor Jennifer Roeser announced she would back out of a scheduled speaking commitment at an upcoming January 15 event[…]
Local Mammoth snowboarder Dusty Henricksen is only 18 years old and has just secured his spot on the most coveted roster in sports: the Olympics. But while his journey to[…]
The general consensus of Mammoth business owners these days: Business is terrific and my numbers are up, but boy am I overworked and stressed out! Part of the reason they’re[…]
This weekend’s Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain is a homecoming of sorts for 22 year-old Brock Crouch, who grew up riding Mammoth from a young age. He’s one of a[…]
That damn Mammoth Town Council. I was all set to write about one thing, but then, I attended the Council meeting on Wednesday and can’t help but pivot. I think[…]
After nearly a year and a half, a comprehensive plan to improve and revitalize Downtown Bishop is nearing the approval stage. The Downtown Bishop Specific Plan and Mixed-Use Overlay is[…]
“It’s great to see snow, it’s been a while,” said the Town of Mammoth Lakes Public Works Director Hayslip Hayes during his department update at the Town Council meeting on[…]
A warning before I start – Lions Club Christmas Dinner at The Mogul starts in about 45 minutes, so you’ll be getting what you pay for in this week’s editorial. […]
News of the Covid-19 Omicron variant has given rise to a new wave of virus-related concern; financial markets have been volatile and travel planning has become murkier. California was home[…]
A group of protesters met outside Mammoth High School again on Wednesday morning in opposition to the Mammoth Unified School District’s impending vaccine mandate, which is set to begin December 17.[…]
I think the toughest part about Wednesday’s meeting of the Mammoth Town Council was the callousness of it. The lack of empathy. Dieter Fiebiger was there pleading with Council to[…]
According to Charity Navigator, a charity assessment group that evaluates hundreds of thousands of charitable organizations throughout the United States, the Mammoth Lakes Foundation (MLF) has a current overall score[…]
Tim Fritz, known to many as Cowboy, has been an Eastern Sierra fixture and fixer for more than three decades. Need help with a paint job? Flooring? Repairs? Finding antiques?[…]
Bob Drake is proof that it’s never too late to switch things up: after a career in geophysics, Drake decided to take up milling. Nearly 30 years later, he doesn’t[…]
In September 2020, Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra’s (DSES) efforts to build the National Wounded Warrior Center (NWCC) were dealt a deathblow at the hands of the Mammoth Lakes Foundation Board[…]
A group of impassioned protesters entered the Mammoth Unified School District offices and banged on windows, causing frightened employees to lock the doors and call police on Friday, November 19. This[…]
The Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery may be in line for a change in ownership. The Hatchery, which was founded in 1917, produced trout for nearly a century before hatchery operations[…]
For anyone planning on taking public transit to and from Mammoth Mountain this Holiday season, there may be significantly longer wait times. At last week’s Planning and Economic Development meeting,[…]
After one of the driest years on record in the Sierra Nevada, the region desperately needs a consistent snow year to alleviate parched lakes, rivers, and landscapes. A number of[…]
On Tuesday, Inyo Supervisors voted unanimously to name the new Inyo County Consolidated Office Building on Highway 6 next to the Grocery Outlet in honor of the late County Adminstrative[…]
The Mono County Board of Supervisors held the 3rd and final review for alternative redistricting proposals on Monday, November 8. This final meeting was a review of all proposals submitted[…]
“The war is over, but Vietnam is forever.” There is not a moment during Randy Short’s time serving as a combat fighter in Vietnam that he does not remember. Short,[…]
The saga of the MACC (Mammoth Arts and Cultural Center) kinda mirrors the plot of Dr. Seuss’s “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.” Steal all the presents, wait long enough until[…]
Lights off, chairs up, doors locked, and a sign on the door. It’s becoming a more common site at local businesses as the shoulder season slowly bleeds into winter. Some,[…]
“When the kids get out of school, most of them want to leave and get out of here. They want to be gone. They want to see what the big[…]
Bruce Sacerdote is an Economist who has taught for the past quarter century at Dartmouth College. He was recently featured on a Freakonomics podcast titled, fittingly, “Why is U.S. Media[…]
Northern Inyo Healthcare District (NIHD) will no longer be performing sexual assault evidentiary examinations, as it has temporarily paused these examinations until further notice. A recent press release from NIHD[…]
On Wednesday, October 27, the Mammoth Lakes Planning and Economic Commission voted to 4-0 to approve an amendment to the Clearwater Specific Plan, moving a proposed new development tack at[…]
Having received nearly three feet of snow this October at Main Lodge, including 15” from last weekend’s storm, Mammoth Mountain will open for business this Friday. This is the first[…]
Tiny homes: potentially coming to a throughfare near you. The Town of Mammoth Lakes Planning and Economic Development Commission is holding a public hearing on Wednesday, October 27, for a[…]
Was out of town this week, so let’s ruminate about something from a few issues ago. In the aftermath of the Inyo Supervisors bungling of a simple Indigenous Peoples Day[…]
If you wish to complain about local news coverage, you could use this column as exhibit A. Because I’m about to talk about something that’s been going on for several[…]
Vons, the Southern California and Southern Nevada supermarket chain, has approximately 325 locations – including one in the small mountain town of Mammoth Lakes, California. Beneath the seams of what[…]
It’s ironic that a town like Mammoth Lakes, whose workforce is continuously pressed to find quality affordable housing, seems to have no shortage of lodging for visitors. Many options available[…]
Just because no one’s there, doesn’t mean no one’s listening. On Tuesday, the Inyo County Board of Supervisors quibbled over a proclamation drafted to honor Indigenous Peoples Day. The drafted[…]
With the Covid-19 pandemic ongoing and no determined end in sight, it’s made sense to many to consider the possibility of moving on from business ownership. The stresses of operating[…]
The emails and calls started coming in last Friday over the two-week Mammoth schools shutdown. It’s fair to say no one was terribly happy. And there were plenty of mixed[…]
After Mammoth Middle and High Schools were closed starting Monday, September 20 due to an outbreak of Covid-19 among students, administrators, and teachers, the questions from parents started coming in.[…]
At age 75 and after 15 years on the job, Ed Bailey is retiring from driving the Mammoth Trolley. Charismatic, kind, and a cowboy in every sense of the word,[…]
As a general rule I don’t bitch about the hand I’ve been dealt. Too much. I mean, bitching can be quite fun. In moderation. On Thursday, there was an interview[…]
It’s the most wonderful time of the decade. The Mono County Redistricting process is upon the Board of Supervisors once again, following the conclusion and findings of the 2020 census. […]
If you’re a Bishop or Mammoth resident with the late-night munchies, your culinary options just narrowed considerably. The Mammoth and Bishop Domino’s Pizza franchises closed their doors this week, likely[…]
There won’t be any Merry Christmas in Bishop after this weekend. Because Merry’s gone. Merry Katherine Christmas, who moved to Bishop in 1983, is moving to an assisted living facility[…]
After a hectic summer, things have started to cool off in the Eastern Sierra, propelled more so than normal by National Forest closures. Although the forests closed last year at[…]
In Mono County, affordable housing is rare and the space to build it rarer. As a result, developing housing projects requires some creative thinking. Mono County tasked consultant (and former[…]
I’m in damn good shape for an old, fat slob who can’t hear.” So said Duane Rossi as he was peeling potatoes at his summer job as camp cook at[…]
“On every continent in the world, since the beginning of time, humans have paid homage to bears. Through petroglyphs, the written word, in stories, in songs- we’ve carved them, put[…]
The text from Lara Kaylor’s press release regarding Mammoth Lakes Tourism’s “Virtual Community Coffee” held Thursday morning, August 26: “This month the topic is housing. We will provide a holistic[…]
Anybody planning on visiting Crowley Lake in the near future should proceed with extreme caution. Harmful algal blooms (HAB’s) have been reported along the Lake, which pose a serious threat[…]
The local schools have already seen the chaos of Covid-19 unleashed as they move into their second week of the 2021-2022 school year. “We’ve had in general about a case[…]
On Tuesday, I covered an Inyo County meeting regarding an issue which predates my local residency. As Nancy Masters described in a letter submitted to the Board, Measure A, passed[…]
Mono County Director of Public Health Bryan Wheeler gave a Covid-19 update at the latest Board of Supervisors meeting on August 17. The county continues to trend upwards in cases,[…]
The Mammoth Lakes Town Council held a meeting on August 18 which included passing a motion which will effectively put planes in the air at Mammoth-Yosemite Airport (MMH) this coming[…]
I’m going to let the late, great novelist Walker Percy open the editorial this week, in large part because I’m tired, but in larger part, because I generally defer to[…]
Driving through the Owens Valley, a traveler might happen upon a seemingly out of place radio station while scanning the FM dial for music. Arabic music and lyrics, with French[…]
The announcement that the Midget Wrestling Warriors (MWW) would be in action at the Tri-County Fair this year has been met with a degree of local criticism, waged almost entirely[…]
Get ready for some peripatetic rambling here. In regard to the Mammoth Lakes Tourism Bleephole campaign walk-back … I’m not too worked up over a creative misfire. That stuff happens. […]
Here’s the thing about swinging big: although the contact is more likely to knock the ball out the park, the strikeouts can be all the more spectacular. Such is the[…]
“I never like to talk about myself. But I’d like to share about my community, which is the working community, the Latino community, the poor community- the core of Mammoth,”[…]
From last week’s editorial: “Overall, Kaylor said MLT has spent more than $1 million on sustainability and stewardship initiatives over the past year. Which leads me to “The Perils of[…]
Look out taxpayers! Because Mammoth Lakes Town Council (specifically Sauser, Wentworth and Stapp) couldn’t make a politically difficult decision last week (allocating some marketing dollars towards housing), they may have[…]
A police contact gone sour last Saturday night/Sunday morning in Bishop led to a local man being hospitalized, his dog shot and killed, and two deputies injured during an altercation which[…]
Mammoth Lakes Town Council talked a lot about housing at its regular meeting on Wednesday evening. But ultimately decided not to move further resources into the housing column. By a[…]
The Mono County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday to discuss possible new Covid restrictions for the coming months. The rapid spread of the Covid Delta variant, especially in California,[…]
In the aftermath of Mammoth Council’s abortive attempt to manage its own money, I thought about Celine’s line from Journey to the End of the Night *Am I allowed to[…]
With the Benton Crossing Landfill set to close on January 1, 2023, Mammoth Disposal has been putting together plans to fill the waste-related needs that will remain. On Wednesday, July[…]
After a week out of the headlines, the bus turnaround on Woodmen [aka Woodman] Street in Mammoth Lakes proved to still be contentious. The matter was discussed at Mammoth’s Planning[…]
There are some guys who make spectacular plays, diving to their left or right to stop a ball, and they are heralded for their flair and athleticism. And there are[…]
I’m cranky today. Blame the heat. Or blame Mammoth’s Town Council. Tough to listen to that paean to denial at Wednesday evening’s regular meeting and not get cranky. I’ve written[…]
An email sent to then-Mammoth Lakes Tourism (MLT) Board chair John Morris and MLT executive director John Urdi has led to something of a rift between the non-profit and Mammoth[…]
A recent employer survey revealed that approximately 25% of Mono County employees live in their cars. However, with a new public works ordinance put in place, these folks will no[…]
The one joke I’ve been recycling since last week regarding my traffic accident: “I’m like Steven Seagal. Mediocre, yet Hard to Kill.” Hardy-har. Former Sheet writer Colin Wolf had this[…]
A community meeting was held on Wednesday, June 30 in response to Mammoth residents protesting the proposed public transit stop/shelter/turnaround on Woodman. The turnaround would allow for a 40’ bus to[…]
The survey question this week was a simple yes/no: Is the pandemic over? While mask mandates and capacity restrictions have been gone since the middle of June, it’s certainly felt[…]
I have this still photograph in my mind. Like one of those iPhone photos where it shows you a snippet of action before the photo settles. And I see this[…]
Coming out of summer 2020, it was clear that something had to change and change quickly for the local outdoors. Unattended campfires, overcrowding, and a landfill’s worth of trash and[…]
Mammoth has seen a significant shortage in labor recently. Although this is a multi-faceted issue, it relates heavily to the decrease in affordable housing in town. The Sheet spoke with[…]
Well, everybody’s doing it. Businesses have been buoyed by government grants and loans. Individuals have received augmented unemployment benefits and emergency checks from Donald and Joe. So now, it appears[…]
Skiers and snowboarders headed up Minaret Road for the past 70-odd years have grown used to coming around a final curve in the road to see Main Lodge on their[…]
AmeriGas was dealt another defeat in the Third Appellate Court of California this week regarding its attempt to erase the 1987 Dempsey agreement regarding propane pricing at Snowcreek. As described[…]
With June 15 rapidly approaching, questions still remain: what exactly is going to happen? Will things go “back to normal”? June 15 is the day that the California government has[…]
Mono County’s Board of Supervisors met on June 8, 2021 to discuss, among other things, the recommended budget changes for the county, which will go into effect on July 1,[…]
I had no idea what the editorial should be for this week, until I reviewed a letter I wrote this past Saturday to Robert Schaubmayer Sr. and realized … I[…]
Wednesday marked Rhonda Duggan’s final Mammoth Lakes Tourism board meeting, with her colleagues sending her off with well wishes and thanking her for her time of service to the non-profit. […]
Calls for action on State Route 158 in June Lake regarding pedestrian safety and traffic became a focal point at the June Lake Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting on June[…]
Get ready to hear a lot of “I do’s” this summer. Maybe you won’t hear them from people you’re trying to hire, but you will hear them from couples tying[…]
A fter a summer that saw a horde of visitors descend on the Eastern Sierra, the calls for action rang loud and clear. A substantial number of the visitors were first-time[…]
The wind-down is in full swing at Sterling Heights in Bishop. The Assisted Living retirement home located on Pine Street and backing up to Bishop City Park will close for[…]
The duties of the Mono County Fish and Game Commission (MCFGC) seem relatively simple from an outside perspective: advise the Mono County Board of Supervisors on fish rearing and stocking. […]
I am out of town this week. Surprised Mom for Mother’s Day. Which is why we’re running a 16-pager. Note: that has since changed. And Owen’s in charge. Scott[…]
The effects of climate change in California are undeniable. Just look at how reduced snowpack has lead to a very early beginning to the fire season. How is that change[…]
Mono County returned to the yellow tier on Tuesday, a comeback many months in the making. The yellow tier is California’s least restrictive in the Blueprint for A Safer Economy. […]
I’ve got a Baby’s brain and an old man’s heart Took eighteen years to get this far Don’t always know what I’m talkin’ about Feels like I’m livin’ in the[…]
When Mammoth Lakes Tourism facilitated Dirk Winter’s purchase of Sam’s Wood Site on Minaret Road, the goal was pretty simple: to preserve a longtime events venue in Mammoth Lakes. It[…]
The 2020 wildfire season was the most extreme in California history, with nearly 9,500 fires burning approximately four million acres across the state. Four million acres is about 4% of[…]
The Sheet tracked down Bret Meier this week for an interview. We referenced Meier last week upon learning that the Mammoth Lakes Police Department had reached a monetary settlement with[…]
The color of having no money? That would be white. The Town of Mammoth Lakes may be holding a groundbreaking ceremony this coming week for the new MUF/CRC ice tent[…]
National news was made this week in San Luis Obispo when charges were filed in a 25-year old cold case involving a former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student, Kristin[…]
Mammoth Lakes Town Council held a strategic workshop last Friday. They made some revealing statements. Probably because no one was on the call. They thought they were safe. Thank God[…]
After a year of deliberation, back and forth arguments for and against, and continuous postponements of a final decision, The Tioga Inn housing plan went out with a whimper at[…]
“So,” we asked in a Tuesday meeting with senior resort management held in the clocktower in Mammoth Mountain’s Main Lodge, “Is this project in the Ms or the Bs?” Newly[…]
The following letter was a late inclusion into Wednesday night’s Mammoth Lakes Town Council agenda packet: Hello TOML Town Council: There is an editorial in the April 3 issue of[…]
The finish line finally appears to be in sight. Announcements from the California government indicate that the state sees brighter days ahead in the battle against Covid-19. To date, over[…]
In a small courtyard beside the Lone Pine Chamber of Commerce, a small chihuahua makes a nervous initial pass on those walking in, warily keeping an eye on and backing[…]
What follows is not just a story of police bungling – which is akin to regular bungling. We all bungle things. I do so on a weekly basis. You have[…]
Well, a ‘tweener week so I unfortunately had to pass on an April Fools’ story this year. In terms of ideas, spoofing Mammoth Lakes Town Council’s upcoming series of “strategic[…]
The Inyo County Planning Department held a public workshop for the 2021 General Plan Housing Element update on Wednesday to inform the public about the process of updating the Housing[…]
Global pollution levels were down across the board in 2020, reflecting the reality of a pandemic that’s kept people inside and at home instead of commuting to work or heading[…]
It was about this time last year that doors began to shutter around the Eastside and events were cancelled. In a matter of hours, Elevation Mammoth went from full steam[…]
While the local effort to combat Covid-19 continues to produce encouraging results, Mono County did not enter the red tier this past week as previously anticipated. The culprit: an adjusted[…]
Now I get it. On Monday, someone forwarded confirmation of their upcoming vaccine appointment to me via email. What’s funny is that the confirmation email specifically states, “Don’t forward this[…]
The Mammoth Lakes Tourism Board appointed John Mendel to fill the retail board seat vacated by Matt Hammer at its regular meeting Wednesday. Mendel will be seated (or Zoomed) at[…]
The winter of discontent (at least for Mammoth Lakes lodging operators) may be coming to an end. Mammoth town officials issued updated guidance on Saturday, February 27, that removed a[…]
You’ve heard all the bromides. Live each day like it’s your last. Today’s the first day of the rest of your life. Life is short/Life is a gift And we[…]
At the Inyo County Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, February 23, Eastern Sierra Transit Authority (ESTA) director Phil Moores spoke to the supervisors about how the agency performed in Fiscal Year[…]
The Sheet received the following urgent message on Thursday afternoon. I write to you to warn you of what is coming down the pike, more like up the pike to[…]
Marla Wiegand, a longtime Mammoth local and a Breakfast Club staple, died unexpectedly last week from a brain aneurysm. She was 69. Marla lived off-and-on (mostly on) in Mammoth Lakes[…]
As former Mammoth Mountain (now Alterra Resorts) CEO Rusty Gregory is often fond of saying, “Don’t let perfect get in the way of good.” On Wednesday, Mammoth Lakes Town Council[…]
The following email was sent to senior staff at the Town of Mammoth Lakes last Friday. Hello All, My name is Michael Jones and I work for Mono County[…]
Mono County officials announced earlier this week that they had administered over 5,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to county residents since receiving its first allotment. According to the LA Times,[…]
Mammoth Hospital CEO Tom Parker was gracious enough to spend some time with me this week talking about the state of affairs at the health district and what opportunities and[…]
Another contender to the throne presented itself to Mammoth Town Council at its regular meeting via Zoom on Wednesday. The contender is the Little Nell Hotel Group, owned by Aspen[…]
Mono County Supervisors were faced with the age-old dilemma at their regular meeting Tuesday. Pawn off difficult, politically sensitive work on others, or buck up and do the job one[…]
Chuck Kilpatrick, 1935-2020 You would think that a person would revel in a nickname like “Mr. Bishop,” but even though it was a moniker that rolled off the tongue, Chuck[…]
When the late Ronald Reagan so famously switched political parties back in the early 1960s, he said in explanation, “I didn’t leave the Democratic party. The Democratic party left me.”[…]
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread around the country, it has become increasingly clear that the United States’ way out of this pandemic is tied to vaccination. After nearly[…]
She was the most wonderful kind of contradiction. She loved people. And she loved her solitude. Perhaps she needed the bouts of solitude simply because her love for all other[…]
Well, this is unexpected. Had a minor communication error within the office (funny, since there are only two of us here. It’s not like there’s a rabbit warren of offices[…]
You know the part in the silent movies where the damsel in distress is tied to the tracks and the train is bearing down. Well, given current stay-at-home orders and[…]
Rodney Wiley, 1968-2020 The life of the party has moved on to the afterlife. Rodney Wiley, aka DJ Rodney O, died last weekend after a bout with pancreatic cancer. He[…]
California entered its second week of more strict stay-at-home orders on Monday, and the Covid-19 situation around the state has only grown worse. Greater Sacramento and the Bay Area fell[…]
As my favorite bartender in the whole wide world, Roberta Fisher (of Challis, Idaho) would often say, “You do what you have to do to survive.” And we’re all caught[…]
There’s been a lot of national hand-wringing of late over the fate of the republic if Trump refuses to concede the election, the resillience of our institutions, et. al. Maybe[…]
After Mono County recorded 37 new Covid-19 cases over the course of a week, California state officials moved the county into the most restrictive of their four tiers: Purple/Widespread Disease.[…]
Of the many things about my wife I struggle to understand, a principal topic I find confounding is her ability to justify an expense by telling me it’s actually saving[…]
While some local schools have gradually returned to in-person learning, Mammoth Unified School District (MUSD) has, for the most part remained online with the exception of some small, highly[…]
By Lunch and Page Mono County Supervisors held an emergency meeting on Tuesday to hear an update on the Mountain View Fire that burned rapidly through the eastside of Walker[…]
There was some buzz in Mammoth this week that some restaurants might go “rogue” and defy the state order to limit indoor-seating to 25% occupancy (as dictated by the state’s[…]
High wind conditions on Tuesday helped to rapidly grow a fire sparked in Walker, leading to nearly 100 structures burning down over the course of 24 hours, and one recorded[…]
Earlier this week, Mono County was assigned to Tier 2 (Red) within the California Blueprint for a safer economy. The reassignment (a Covid danger designation) was one of many among[…]
… is that everyone likes an extra six inches. We learned that at a four hour Parcel workshop on Tuesday. A workshop via Zoom that was briefly halted by a[…]
A Covid outbreak at the Marine Warfare Training Center (MWTC) north of Bridgeport could toss Mono County into a sea of purple. Even without the MWTC, Mono may be seeing red.[…]
At The Parcel workshop held Tuesday evening, project developer Andrea Clark of the Pacific Companies guessed The Parcel wouldn’t accommodate its first residents until 2023-2024. Which means, the local housing[…]
From the post-election issue 2016: “Ever since Wednesday morning, every time I show up at the office there’s [Sarah] Rea, eyes red, spontaneously bawling over Clinton’s electoral defeat. On Thursday[…]
It’s said that all good things must come to an end. While that end isn’t entirely decided at this point for Mono and Inyo counties’ Covid-19 guidelines, the outlook is[…]
Election day has come and gone, and while the dust is settling in the presidential election, the results thus far for Inyo and Mono counties tell some very interesting stories.[…]
After Mammoth Lakes Recreation (MLR) opted to let Executive Director Matt McClain go in September due to budget concerns, the non-profit has been looking at a leaner future moving forward.[…]
A recent spike in Covid cases may return Inyo County to ‘red’ status. The state rates each County’s Covid-risk level on a four-tiered system. Red is the second-highest level, where Covid[…]
Just so we can all appreciate what happens when we sit on our hands and don’t pull the trigger on an investment … I was peeking through archives this week[…]
The trials and tribulations associated with the Tioga Inn hotel and restaurant project, now in its 27th year of planning hell, have been well documented: project proponent Dennis Domaille survived[…]
With apologies to Wallace Shawn … Eighteen years covering the Eastern Sierra and I’ve never seen anything like it. At its September 28 regular meeting, a majority of Bishop City[…]
I figure I’ve written too much of the paper already, so I asked reporters Hite and Page to give their takes on the first Presidential debate between Mssrs. Trump and[…]
Horseman, philanthropist and steadfast friend Roxanne Tallman died September 25 after a long bouth with cancer. She was 73. Tallman was the owner of Hidden Creeks Ranch in Bishop, the[…]
While the Creek Fire continues to burn in the wilderness to the southeast of Mammoth Lakes, mitigation efforts and seasonal changes are turning the tide against it. Conditions related to[…]
One of the prevailing questions of the Covid-19 pandemic was how schools would look come fall. As local school districts came back in session after summer break, all did so[…]
After a week of warnings about incoming strong winds, Mono County awoke on Friday, Sept. 18 to a light but steady rain. For the first time in days or even[…]
In a press release issued last Friday. the Mammoth Lakes Foundation Board of Directors said it will not proceed with a land lease or other agreement for the proposed National[…]
Fires are raging up and down the west coast, raining down ash, forcing evacuations, literally obliterating whole towns and leading to the unprecedented action of the United State Forest Service[…]
I think the above phrase represents the most difficuilt aspect for me regarding the current zeitgeist. Because there is no doubt in my mind that that’s the language President Trump[…]
I had the following email exchange with Allen Brown this week. Brown: News Flash! BLM (Black Lives Matter) takes their community improvement team to Kenosha, Wisconsin. What a great organization![…]
In spite of Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana cultivation and sale in California, the plant remains controversial in some circles. Like amongst Bishop City Council. The question of permitting[…]
Inyo County Supervisors passed an urgency ordinance on Tuesday to “discourage and penalize violations of orders pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic.” But while the Supervisors agreed to the potential enactment[…]
After yet another story about trash, Friends of the Inyo asked The Sheet to tag along with an employee to see what the non-profit was doing to mitigate the trash[…]
One of the biggest looming question marks on the Eastside is Mammoth Mountain: will it open for skiing this winter and if so, what would that look like? What would[…]
Inyo County reported its ninth Covid-19 death on Wednesday, the 8th death in the county since the beginning of August. Between the period of August 4-17, testing revealed 83 new[…]
COVID-19 affected the Eastern Sierra economy in a variety of ways. Bridgeport, for example, was hit in an entirely different way than other Eastern Sierra town. The economy in Bridgeport[…]
I hope all of you got out this week for the Perseid meteor shower, Mother Nature’s way of making up for the lack of a Crowley Lake fireworks show on[…]
Due to a “lack of low-income students” and the belief that federal funding dollars would serve more people in more densely populated areas, Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action (IMACA)[…]
Superior Court Judge Stephen Place granted Inyo County a temporary restraining order on Wednesday. The order will prohibit Two Brothers from Italy restaurant from operating until it complies with public[…]
Four months of safety behind closed doors, with no visitors permitted, allowed the Bishop Care Center to remain Covid-19 free while care facilities and retirement homes around the country lost[…]
My curiosity got the best of me this week, so I decided to park a desk and a chair at the path leading from the parking lot to the Mammoth[…]
This week, a new Trails Host program was officially unveiled as part of the solution for the congestion in the Lakes Basin. The program will place two “Trail Hosts” up[…]
As Mono County goes, so too does Inyo it seems. Inyo County saw a spike of 28 new Covid cases over a three day period between August 1 and August[…]
Mammoth Lakes Town Council approved a contract update, worth an estimated $6 million, with Mammoth Lakes Tourism (MLT) on Wednesday, July 15. Last year, MLT and the Town of Mammoth[…]
Coming off a fairly dry winter, the local bear population was active earlier than usual this spring. And Mammoth Lakes has been jammed with tourists ever since travel restrictions were[…]
As of Thursday, the United States stands far and away at the top of the Covid-19 charts. Not exactly a chart one wants to hit. Certainly not Kasey Kasem’s Top[…]
Jurisdictions around California have seen spikes in Covid cases in recent weeks, raising concerns that the state as a whole is beginning to lose ground in the fight against Covid-19. […]
What a difference a few weeks make. Prior to reopening, Stacey Bardfield, Owner/Broker of Mammoth Sierra properties, described the local real estate market as being “dead as a doornail.” And[…]
“Like all hospitals around the country, Mammoth Hospital has not been immune to the financial impact of COVID-19,” said Melanie Van Winkle, CFO for Mammoth Hospital, in an email to[…]
While many summer events and activities have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, there’s one throwback summer activity that’s eminently portable and perfect for social distancing. Reading. And Bishop’s[…]
The Tiger Bar in June Lake was temporarily closed on June 27 due to a lack of compliance regarding COVID-19 protocols. The order came from Mono County Health Officer Thomas[…]
A week ago, Ingrid Braun, the Sheriff- Coroner for Mono County gave a presentation to the Mono County Board of Supervisors regarding possible police reform through the lens of a[…]
In a public ruling late last month, Inyo County was dealt a setback in its attempts to take over three landfills from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.[…]
The Northern Inyo Hospital District board met Wednesday evening to discuss the FY 2020-2021 budget. The board continues to work through financial difficulties borne of Covid impacts and the Flanigan[…]
Life in Mammoth has a lot in common with the reality television series, “Survivor.” Maybe it’s the island living theme. Or maybe it’s the scramble for limited jobs and resources.[…]
Mammoth Lakes Recreation’s three-year contract with the Town of Mammoth Lakes expires at the end of June. On Wednesday, MLR Executive Director Matt McClain pleaded for MLR’s very life before[…]
Operating a summer camp can be tough. Factor in the current Covid-19 pandemic and it becomes an exponentially bigger headache. Clay Tyson is 56 years-old and first came to Mammoth[…]
After running out of time during its previous meeting due to prolonged budget deliberation, the Mammoth Lakes Tourism board reconvened on Monday afternoon to finalize the ‘20-’21 budget and vote[…]
Early on in Mono County Finance Director Janet Dutcher’s FY2020-2021 budget presentation during Tuesday’s Mono County Board of Supervisors meeting, she put an ominous slide on the screen. In large[…]
With Scott McGuire departing his position as an at-large member on the Mammoth Lakes Tourism Board, that same board took up the question of who will be McGuire’s replacement at[…]
Strange as it sounds, there can be a benefit to lousy reporting. First, Mammoth Mountain Vice-President Eric Clark’s excerpted remarks at Wednesday’s Mammoth Lakes Tourism board meeting: “I wanted to[…]
Published in 1987, ‘The Art of the Deal’ by Donald J. Trump will likely be a relic studied for years: how did that guy become president? . The book’s authors[…]
The uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic has made any sort of planning and forward thinking difficult. While the state has been walking back restrictions on its reopening plans, the changes[…]
Mammoth Lakes Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) was established in 2013. At the time, MMSA (now Alterra) CEO Rusty Gregory had a grandiose plan to generate more air travel to[…]
The Mammoth Lakes Foundation Board recently determined it needed to slash its permanent staff from four members to two in the wake of the Covid crisis. “In order to preserve[…]
Like everyone else, I suppose, I am watching the corona drama unfold with a mixture of horror and fascination. All the while looking at my own books and trying to[…]
We all respond to pandemic hysteria a little bit differently. My response has been low-grade pyromania. I live next to LADWP property in Bishop. And there are tumbleweeds everywhere –[…]
He was the type of guy who still wrote thank you letters. A guy who made it a point to remember people’s names. And if he were in line at[…]
With COVID-19 aka coronavirus causing major shutdowns in cities across the globe, it was only a matter of time before the Eastern Sierra saw large-scale shutdowns of its own. Life[…]
The Bad News Bears (1976) was one of the seminal movies from my childhood, and I think of it this week during the worldwide coronavirus meltdown because it really does[…]
Finger-pointing, accusations from former employees, threats to The Sheet over supposed personnel documents which Lunch has never seen, and at the center of it all, veterans who’d prefer more service[…]
Over the course of the past week, concern about COVID-19 (coronavirus) has reached fever pitch around the globe. On March 11, a number of major points in the evolution of[…]
Voters in Inyo and Mono Counties turned out on Tuesday, March 3, to cast their ballots in a number of races both local and national. The Inyo County results were[…]
For the first time, maybe ever, Mammoth Lakes will have a Rabbi living here supporting the Jewish community and spreading kindness to anyone who needs it. Rabbi Yisroel Gordon recently[…]
Mammoth-Yosemite Airport’s commercial service is scheduled to be shifted to the Bishop Airport by late October. This would mean a daily, year-round flight from Los Angeles and two[…]
There’s a reason why the name stuck. In 1998, newsman Tom Brokaw published a book called “The Greatest Generation” to describe Americans who came of age during the Great Depression[…]
Just when you’d think you’re fully out of the weeds, you can get pulled right back in. The conversation around the proposed Colitas Farms project in Walker came before the[…]
So a few things that have crystallized (and not) for me this week. On Measure F … I see an argument on both sides. On the Fire District’s side, how[…]
Bishop City Council held a special meeting on Monday, February 10 to hear a presentation on plans for a new court building in downtown Bishop. Court Executive Officer Pam Foster[…]
“Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.” -William Butler Yeats Dave McCoy, founder[…]
The Mammoth Grand Prix wrapped up last week and a local Mammoth Snowboarder named Dusty Henricksen managed to capture a first-place finish in the Slopestyle event in February. The 17-year[…]
In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 64, known as the Adult Use of Marijuana act, to allow for the growth, sale and usage of recreational cannabis in California. The question[…]
“A party without cake is just a meeting,” said the famous American culinary icon, Julia Child. It is also said that “Where there is cake, there is hope.” So, notwithstanding[…]
Inyo County hosted two public scoping meetings, in Bishop and Mammoth, as part of the environmental review and initial study which need to occur this year before Bishop Airport can[…]
The Sierra Nevada can be an intimidating place to settle. The combination of altitude, isolation, and extreme weather remove any possibility that that it might be easy, creating an environment[…]
If you talk to folks about the Ikon Pass and its blackout dates, you’ll certainly attract a wide range of opinion. The second series of this season’s pass blackout[…]
The Mammoth Grand Prix begins Wednesday January 29 and finishes up on Saturday February 1. Skiers and snowboarders from all over will be competing in the event, looking to get[…]
Southern California Edison representatives were in town earlier this week for a presentation on a subject that refreshingly had nothing to do with Public Safety Power Shutoffs, although it may[…]
Bob Todd was a drinker, a toker, a gambler, a slob, a Deadhead, an avid sports fan. He was loud, outspoken, caustic and funny. He didn’t broker dummies and fools.[…]
I want to relate a story told by Major Gen. Ted Banta at the Operation Mountain Freedom (Wounded Warrior) luncheon Thursday. He was talking about a Marine Gunnery Sergeant named[…]
The new year is only three weeks old and Mono County’s financial headaches are already getting started. At Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Public Health Director Sandra Pearce, Public Health[…]
On January 5, 2019, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled, “High Cost of Wildfire Insurance Hurts California Home Sales.” The article discussed rising insurance premiums associated with houses[…]
While businesses in town may have seen an uptick in customers and sales during the holiday season, dismal passenger enplanement numbers served as a reminder to Mammoth Lakes Tourism, the[…]
In no particular order … I’ve been catching up with some reading this week. One headline from the Dec. 18 Wall Street Journal that caught my attention: “Pittsburgh Airport Ramps[…]
The Multi-use-facility (or MUF) appears to be gaining traction. This week, on Tuesday January 7, both Mammoth Lakes Recreation and the Recreation Commission received an update on the progress made[…]
Every developer that has ever built in Mammoth Lakes has to face the question: “What about snow storage?” Mammoth Lakes is fresh off of a winter that dropped 492 inches[…]
BUSD Supt. Katie Kolker talks goals, building trust Katie Kolker took over as Bishop Unified School District (BUSD) interim Superintendent on November 4, 2019, following the conclusion of former Superintendent[…]
Tony Colarsardo: 1950-2019 To call Tony Colasardo a pillar of the Mammoth community would be an understatement. He was more of a steel column. And now he is gone. Colasardo.[…]
Gus Kreiger is just a single person but starting this coming weekend, he’ll transform into a full ensemble of more than twenty distinct characters over the course of his performance[…]
You can really make a game of it. Think of all the businesses that have come and gone in the Village at Mammoth since it opened in May, 2003. Hennessey’s,[…]