Washington Fire: Main road through Alpine County open

One of Alpine County’s links to the rest of California reopened on Sunday, a week after it was closed to fight the 17,697-acre Washington Fire.Highway 4 is open to through traffic only from Ebbetts Pass to the junction of 89 and over to Markleeville.Highway 89 over Monitor Pass remains closed, as does Wolf Creek Road.Federal lands next to the highways remain under an emergency closure while firefighters work.According to the U.S. Forest Service, 1,160 firefighters are working the blaze, rough