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Time is ticking for those who want to provide feedback on Marina’s downtown specific plan. The last day for public review is Friday, May 24. The goal of the plan
Epic snowfall at Mammoth Lakes has become a nightmare for residents of this California ski resort community.
Pandemic Disrupts Ski Town Life in More Ways Than One The working class that make ski towns run are getting squeezed out of work by public health restrictions while wealthy newcomers push real estate markets to crazy new heights. December 30, 2020, 10am PST | James Brasuell | Kristi Blokhin Monica Prelle writes on the struggles of ski towns, where the workers who help these winter destinations run were finding it harder and harder to make ends meet even before the pandemic. Prelle's coverage centers on Mammoth Mountain in California, where hopes that the pandemic might restore skiing as...
Eric Gowan and is republished here by permission. Mammoth Mountain closed on a stormy day in mid-March last season, but this time it was not a weather-hold. Chairlifts stopped spinning and skiers went home. Though she didn’t know it yet, Rachel Rainey had just worked her last shift at the restaurant that has supported her skiing lifestyle for the past 17 years. And that was just the beginning of the economic challenges she would face. The World Health Organization had declared a global pandemic. The NBA canceled their season and Tom Hanks announced he had tested positive for the coronaviru...