Lee Vining News

This story comes from the 11/02/09 issue of AutoWeek magazine. Reading the magazine is the only way to make sure you don't miss anything.

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Mono County Board of Supervisors Chairman William Reid was found dead in his Bridgeport home this morning.

Recently, a group of 40-plus people gathered in front of the Visitor's Center in Yosemite National Park for a quiet yet much-deserved 10-year anniversary celebration of the Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System.

After waking up in the coldest place ever, and this place was freezing! We packed up and heading into Lee Vining to warm up and have another hearty American breakfast before heading to a town called ghost town called Bodie , it was about a 45 minute drive from Lee Vining .

Adam Blauert: Falling Up -- Head to higher ground for a taste of the season's beautiful and unique colors The weather in Madrid is "nine months of winter and three months of hell," as described by Jacques Barzun in From Dawn to Decadence.

At 8:00am on Sunday, September 6, 2009, the road from Big Oak Flat entrance station to Crane Flat and across Tioga Pass will re-open, making through travel possible between Groveland and Lee Vining.

The Big Meadow Fire in Yosemite has increased in size to 7,354 acres and is 85 percent contained.

A National Park Service wildlife biologist was killed Sunday in a what appears to be a climbing accident in Mono County.

Growing up in Sylva, amid a valley some 2,050 feet in altitude, I always liked the mountains.

The Lake Tahoe Basin and Truckee areas will be under a red flag warning from 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

Blue Turtle Seduction Blue Turtle Seduction is no stranger to the road. Currently finishing their summer tour, the road is leading them back home to the West Coast for a small jaunt before trekking back into the Midwest.

Growing up in Southern California, I developed the smug notion that nothing was worth seeing east of Interstate 5. The main artery running along the entire West Coast, it carried me everywhere I deemed vital: the beach, the mall, school.

A Sun Valley woman and four of her children who are the subject of an Amber Alert have not been found in the Mono County area, an official said this morning.

A search is continuing for a missing Reno-area woman suspected of abducting her four young children after she failed to show up for a custody meeting with social service officials.

A bronze tablet outside the Mono Visitor's Center overlooking Mono Lake explains how receding waters made a land bridge to the island visible in the middle that had been a bird nesting site.

Inyo County is seeing a spike in suicides this year, having exceeded last year's total before the end of June, but whether the increased number of deaths is due to the economy or coincidence or some other factor, no one can say for sure.

Trout: The local mountain waters are starting to turn on with good action at Big Bear Lake, Green Valley Lake, Lake Gregory, and Lake Hemet.

She, her husband, and I are at table in the Base Camp Cafe, a tourist restaurant in Mammoth Lakes, California.

What do you think about the Village at Mammoth? It should be thriving and successful, but the recession is strangling it.