BISHOP, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management, in partnership with C5 Studios, announces a community engagement performance as part of its Artist-in-Residence program. On Saturday, Nov. 30, from 5-6:30 p.m., composer Daniel Walter will host a live performance at C5 Studios, 210 S Warren Street, Bishop, CA.

Daniel Walter, a Los Angeles based composer and musician, specializes in story-driven music for visual media. Walter will share his recent experience exploring the Alabama Hills, and other areas throughout the Bishop Field Office. Walter will perform his soundscape “Waterfall,” comprised of field recordings, improvised sound, and live music encapsulating his experiences at the Hills.

“We are excited to have our first musical Artist in Residence,” says Bishop Field Manager Sherri Lisius. “This program really showcases the diversity of art that can be inspired by public lands.”

This event is free and open to the public, providing art enthusiasts and community members with a chance to experience the Alabama Hills in a way they may have never imagined. Space is limited; for more information on the venue, please visit the C5 Studios website.

The BLM Artist-in-Residence program encourages artists, including photographers, sculptors, and musicians to use their observational skills in portraying a variety of cultural and natural resources through images, objects, and performances that bring others enjoyment and forge a deeper understanding of our nation’s public lands.

Those planning to visit the area can learn more by visiting the Bishop BLM Field Office page. For specific questions, contact the BLM Bishop Field Office at 760-872-5000 or BLM_CA_Web_BI@blm.gov.

A 29-year-old man in Florida who last year turned down a plea deal that would have sent him to prison for five years may now spend the remainder of his life locked up for brutally ambushing two police officers in an attack that he streamed live on Facebook.

Orange County Circuit Court Judge Keven B. Weiss on Tuesday ordered William McClish to serve a sentence of life in prison after being convicted on charges of attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with great bodily harm, among others, authorities announced.

In a news release, prosecutors with the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office said jurors took less than an hour to find McClish guilty on all charges following a two-day trial.

Acting as his own defense attorney, McClish tried to convince jurors that he had been set up, keeping his opening remarks to a single sentence.

“I didn’t do it and the evidence was tampered with,” was all he said, according to the state attorney’s office.

According to an affidavit of probable cause, the unprovoked attack took place at about 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2021.

Uniformed officers Michael Zambito and Stephen Hurt with the Orlando Police Department were standing outside their patrol vehicle at North Magnolia and East Washington Street when Zambito spotted McClish, who appeared to be setting up a cellphone to record a video of the officers.

Shortly thereafter, McClish struck Hurt in the back of the head with a brick and then started punching Hurt as he fell to the ground. Zambito intervened, lifting McCliup from behind. But McClish bit Zambito’s bicep, then “slipped his head out of Zambito’s grip and began gouging Zambito’s left eye with his fingers. When the officer managed to “stop the defendant from gouging his eye out,” McClish bit the middle finger on the officer’s left hand, the affidavit states.

As McClish and the officer continued to struggle, McClish grabbed the officer’s radio hand mic, pulling it off his shoulder to prevent him from calling for help.