Bishop

It's actually a pretty even-handed look at Inyo County's changing demographics.

It's the 395/Gill Station Road intersection (Coso Junction, where the rest area and the Travel Center is).

Looks like Bishop, Mammoth Lakes, and Bridgeport all made the list...

Inyo County, in the Eastern Sierra, has one of the worst access landscapes in the state, with most of its residents living more than 200 miles from the nearest abortion provider.

Yikes. Thankfully, only minor injuries...

Just FYI - only two candidates are normal, sane folks. Steve Elia, and Karen Keehn are both former teachers in Bishop schools. Steve Elia is a former teacher at Bishop High, who pioneered the AVID program (to support first-time college aspiring students). Karen Keehn (a former Olympian) taught for decades at Bishop Elementary, and helped start Playhouse 395, the local theater company. Steve Elia is also an incumbent, and has a ton of experience on school budgets, and how to maximize student achievement. I hope Steve and Karen get elected.

The other two candidates are both MAGA culture warriors, and would only cause more COVID-era chaos, a la Moms for Liberty idiots. I hope they don't get in, as they're more concerned with obsessing over sex education, vaccine nonsense, and book banning.

Didja see it?

Yup, it's definitely Fall Colors season here in Bishop!

Story on the rescue from the LA Times

This is my new boss. She's worked at Mono County Office of Education for 17 years, so I know her well. I think she'll do a good job, so I was happy with the appointment.

It's important to elect sane people to your local school board, and not insane culture-warriors, so please take a look at the interviews. These three candidates are entirely normal, and NOT the ones you need to look out for.

Jason interviews Karen Keehn and Steve Elia for school board. Both are former teachers IN the district, and are excellent candidates who volunteer throughout our community, and have for decades.

For city council, Dennis Freundt, co-owner of the Bishop Grocery Outlet store, and is another perfectly sane candidate. I hope you hear what they have to say, and vote for sanity, and not some crazy idiot pushing conspiracies or culture-warrior BS.

Firefighters from Inyo and Mono counties are staffing 12 different trucks/crews that have been deployed to the Line Fire in San Bernadino County.

Enjoy the Millpond Festival!

BISHOP, Calif., September 9, 2023— Inyo National Forest timber management staff have made a special firewood collection area available within the Lakes Basin starting Monday, September 9 at 6:00 a.m. until the end of fuelwood collection season, or until the supply runs out.