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Local rescue helps with cross-country dog adoption after owner passes away

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
September 5, 2023
Local rescue helps with cross-country dog adoption after owner passes away

Many pet owners find it difficult to adjust following the loss of one of our four-legged family members. Equally or more difficult to consider is what would happen to our pets if suddenly we weren’t around to care for them. The owner of Samantha and Thor surely experienced such anxiety, and when he passed following a long illness the future of the male and female mixed breed Labradors was anything but certain. Just days after their Morongo Valley owner’s passing, and with no one to care for…

Flamingo Heights 640 acre meeting provides updates

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
September 1, 2023

Last night (August 31, 2023)  in Flamingo Heights more than three dozen people showed up to hear an update on “Flamingo Heights 640,” the proposed 75-unit glamping resort that Los Angeles investors want to see established overlooking pristine Pipes Wash. They received the promised update and more. Organized by Justin Merino’s SaveOurDeserts.org in conjunction with the Glamping Taskforce, created by Chris Clarke of the National Parks Conservation Association, attendees were eager for answers –…

640 acre Flamingo Heights glamping project appeal on the agenda for Town Meeting tonight (8/31)

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
August 31, 2023
640 acre Flamingo Heights glamping project appeal on the agenda for Town Meeting tonight (8/31)

In March, the County Planning Commission “denied without prejudice” an application for a conditional use permit by an L.A. developer with a vision of creating a 25-acre glamping development on 640 acres in Flamingo Heights. Leading up to that denial, the controversial project was the focus of intense public criticism much of it organized by a local group calling itself Save Our Deserts. Following a brief dormancy, Save Our Deserts springs back into action tonight (August 31, 2023) with a town…

Wednesday Water Round-Up for 8/16

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
August 16, 2023
Wednesday Water Roundup – regular meeting for JBWD, Hi-Desert

Yucca Valley’s Hi-Desert Water District board of directors meeting normally scheduled for today (August 16, 2023),  has been canceled; while Joshua Tree’s Joshua Basin Water District’s regularly scheduled meeting begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. At Joshua Basin Water District directors will set the appropriation limit for fiscal 2023/24 and likely approve 2022 and 2023 bad debt write-off of nearly $35,000. As always, today’s meeting at the district office on Chollita Road in Joshua Tree is open to…

Water main repaired that knocked out service for some JBWD customers

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
August 9, 2023
Joshua Basin Water District gives updates on Sunday’s water main break

Blue skies and calm waters have returned to Joshua Basin Water District customers following Sunday’s surprise failure of a subterranean main water line. Following Sunday morning’s failure of a 20-inch main waterline near the highway and Center Avenue in Joshua Tree emergency crews from the water district worked in shifts through the night to reestablish pressurized water service to area homes and businesses. The repair effort was hampered by the large size of the water main that failed and by…

Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency meets tonight (8/8)

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
August 8, 2023

At tonight’s (August 8) 6 p.m. meeting of the Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency’s directors, the board is expected to authorize funds for the meter replacement program, and set the appropriation limit among other items. In addition to a workshop on placing liens on properties associated with seriously delinquent accounts, directors are expected to authorize $83,000 for replacement water meters, set the appropriation limit for fiscal 2023-24 at $233,000, and address some issues specific to some…

Joshua Basin Water District gives updates on Sunday’s water main break

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
August 7, 2023
Joshua Basin Water District gives updates on Sunday’s water main break

Just before 10:30 a.m. yesterday morning (Sunday, August 6) a Facebook post from the Joshua Basin Water District announced what many residents and businesses in Joshua Tree already suspected –  that the day would bring some troubled waters to the district. That first post assured everyone the district was aware that a large leak was affecting multiple areas of Joshua Tree and that emergency staff was on site assessing the situation. The first update came a fast hour later with assurances that…

Wednesday Water Round-Up for 8/2

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
August 2, 2023
Wednesday Water Roundup – regular meeting for JBWD, Hi-Desert

Yucca Valley’s Hi-Desert Water District board of directors meets at 4 p.m. today (August 2, 2023), while Joshua Tree’s Joshua Basin Water District’s regularly scheduled meeting is canceled. Among the business at the Hi-Desert Water District meeting, the board is expected to hold a public hearing and approve increases to costs for properties identified as having a change of use of the sewer system. The action should net the district an additional $1.3 million. And among other items, the board is…

San Bernardino County BOS consider increasing fire tax

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
July 24, 2023

At tomorrow’s (July 25, 2023) 10 o’clock meeting of the county supervisors in San Bernardino, several agenda items will a direct impact on Morongo Basin residents. Reporter Mike Lipsitz tells us what they are… Supervisors are expected to approve a three percent annual cost-of-living increase to the controversial Fire Protection Zone 5 special tax which will bring the unpopular tax to just under $172 per parcel for 2023-24. And in a related item, the board will likely extend County Fire’s lease…

Wednesday Water Round-Up for 7/19

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
July 19, 2023
Wednesday Water Roundup – regular meeting for JBWD, Hi-Desert

Yucca Valley’s Hi-Desert Water District board of directors meets at 4 p.m. today (July 19, 2023), while Joshua Tree’s Joshua Basin Water District’s regular meeting gets underway at 5:30 p.m. sharp. Among the business items at the Hi-Desert Water District meeting, the board is expected to direct staff to prepare a proposal for comprehensive energy conservation measures. That meeting takes place at the district offices on the Highway at Inca Trail. And on Chollita Road in Joshua Tree, the Joshua…

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