Gabriel Hart is a journalist and author from Morongo Valley, CA.

MVCSD to hold special meeting tonight in Covington Park

The Morongo Valley Community Services District Board of Directors will be holding a special meeting tonight in Covington Park’s multipurpose room. The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss the General Manager position of the CSD. The Board has recently attempted hiring a new General Manager, yet the search continues. In the meantime, the CSD’s Administrative Manager Brittany Chavez is holding the position as interim GM until the Board finds the perfect fit.

Veteran author Brian O’Hare reads from his book ‘Surrender’ tonight at the Joshua Tree VFW

The local veteran non-profit Mil Tree will be hosting a 6 PM reading tonight at the Joshua Tree VFW featuring the award-winning Brian O’Hare, the veteran author of the story collection Surrender, out now from Syracuse University Press. Born in Pittsburgh the son of a Marine pilot, O’Hare went into the Naval Academy from ’84-88 before going headfirst into the Marine Corps as a supply officer, doing stints in Camp Lejeune, Okinawa, and the Persian Gulf War. After leaving the service, O’Hare had a…

MUSD Nutritional Services wins ‘Turnip the Beet’ Award

The Morongo Unified School District Nutrition Services Department was honored last week with a Turnip the Beet Award from the Food and Nutrition Services of the US Dept of Agriculture. The Turnip the Beet Award recognizes outstanding summer meal program sponsors across the nation who offer high quality meals to children that are appetizing, appealing and nutritious in the summer months, showcasing sponsors who are going above and beyond. MUSD Nutritional Services was one of four districts…

MV Fire Chief hours reduced to part-time for next 14 weeks

The Morongo Valley Community Services District Board of Directors held a special meeting last night in Covington Park’s Mesquite Room. Since the district’s stretched thin budget has initiated a spending freeze, the Board called this special meeting to set a compromised schedule for Fire Chief James Brakebill. Brakebill has already taken a 50% salary cut since the Board took action to split the Fire Chief and General Manager duties earlier this year to ease the district’s budget and to keep…

MVCSD to hold special meeting tonight at Covington Park

The Morongo Valley Community Services District Board of Directors will be holding a special meeting tonight in Covington Park’s multipurpose room at 6 PM. For the meeting’s agenda, Board members will review, discuss, and approve a set schedule for Fire Chief Brakebill to avoid going over budget for this fiscal year. The Board recently decided to instate a spending freeze to avoid overspending on items that aren’t on the Board’s oversight during regular operations. With the district’s preliminary…

CMC strengthening public safety education with programs and scholarships

Last Tuesday at Copper Mountain College, educators from Fire Technology and Criminal Justice, EMT students, and CMC faculty hosted the President's Circle BBQ, a complimentary dinner open to the public to discuss how CMC is strengthening public safety and to raise awareness on scholarship fundraising for students pursuing public safety careers. Predating the college itself, The President’s Circle is a continuum of the group who established CMC, and currently includes CMC Foundation Executive…

Easter Egg Hunt in Morongo Valley this Saturday (3/23)

The Morongo Valley Youth Softball League will be holding an Easter Egg Hunt at the Morongo Valley softball field at 11 AM this Saturday. Hard Boiled reporter Gabriel Hart puts all the facts in one basket for this festive community event. The MVYSL 2024 Easter Egg Hunt will be hiding 4000 eggs in the softball field complete with prizes to win from the actual Easter Bunny. Don’t forget your baskets! Youth and adult softball signups will be available for the upcoming season from April 27th to June…

MVCSD votes to oppose Initiative 1935 and approves temporary spending freeze

The Morongo Valley Community Services District Board of Directors held their regular 6 PM meeting last night at Covington Park’s multipurpose room. The meeting began with Smith Marion and Co’s audit presentation, followed by the MVCSD Organizational Chart update, both of which the Board approved 4/0. While a “rounding-up” donation program for patrons of local businesses to donate to the CSD was on the agenda, Vice President Lynn Watt stated that by law only non-profits could utilize such a…

Morongo Valley Trails End Transfer Station dump approved for self-haul green waste

There is good news for Morongo Valley residents left in the dark by the confusing roll out of the green waste bin program with Trails End Transfer Station dump now approved to accept and process self-haul loads of organic green waste. Based on feedback from Morongo Valley community members, the San Bernardino Solid Waste Management Division has sent notices to all Morongo Valley residents stating that, effective immediately, the Trails End Transfer Station dump will be a San Bernardino County…

MVCSD to discuss new ‘Round-Up’ district donation program at tonight’s meeting

The Morongo Valley Community Services District Board of Directors will be holding their regular 6 PM meeting tonight (Wednesday) in Covington Park’s multipurpose room. For the meeting’s agenda, continued business includes further consideration into the T-Mobile Hometown Grant Project. The corporation is investing $25 million into 500 rural American towns, and the MVCSD has been researching steps to apply for the opportunity. Directors will also continue discussing the potential Morongo Valley…