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San Bernardino County BOS Agenda – King of Hammers economic impact study

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
November 14, 2022

Listen here: Reporting by Mike Lipsitz An unusually large agenda awaits County Supervisors at tomorrow’s (November 15, 2022) 10 a.m. meeting in San Bernardino. Several items on the consent calendar are unique to our Morongo Basin although our third district supervisor, Dawn Rowe, will be 6,827 miles away from the board meeting room. Supervisor Rowe is representing the county at a symposium on international education in our region’s sister city, Taoyuan City, in Taiwan. Closer to home, county…

Pioneertown Glamping Trailer Park Approved by County – 14 Short Term Rentals coming

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
November 7, 2022
Groups urge County Supervisors to cap Short Term Rentals permits

Listen here: Reporting by Mike Lipsitz Pioneertown residents are unhappy about a proposed 14-unit trailer park to operate as a short term rental glamping destination on an undeveloped, three-quarter-acre parcel along historic Mane Street. They say that despite the proposed project’s failure to conform to various elements of the county development code, the community plan, and the California Environmental Quality Act, and dozens of letters from Pioneertown residents all opposing the trailer park,…

Hi-Desert Water District meets today (11/2)

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
November 2, 2022
Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency meeting agenda for Oct. 11

Listen here: Reporting by Mike Lipsitz The Hi-Desert Water District meets in regular session today at 4 p.m. and down the highway in Joshua Tree the gavel comes down for the Joshua Basin Water District meeting at 5:30 p.m. Just ahead of routine matters on the consent calendar directors at the Hi-Desert Water District today will get official introductions to the crew tasked with moving forward the Capital Replacement Program. While in Joshua Tree, directors at the Joshua Basin Water District will…

Hi-Desert Water District seeking Committee Members

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
October 31, 2022
HI-DESERT AND JOSHUA BASIN WATER BOARDS MEET

The Hi-Desert Water District is recruiting residents in its service area to sit on the Public Advisory Committee. The committee has been inactive due to the pandemic. The committee will meet monthly, or as needed to consider matters identified by the Board and staff. Committee input may be sought for major projects, policies, rates, water resource planning, conservation, and community engagement. The ideal committee member will make a two-year commitment and reflect the knowledge and interests…

County Measure D mailers criticized as being deceptive and misleading

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
October 24, 2022

A mailer regarding San Bernardino County’s Measure D, on the ballot in in November, has stirred up controversy. Jon Coupal, the president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has issued cease and desist letters over mailers sent in support of the measure, which they say contain misleading and even deceptive statements regarding the non-profit organization. Measure D was proposed by the County’s Board of Supervisors to reverse Measure K, the voter-approved initiative from 2020 that…

Landers Cookbook reprinted after 40+ years

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
October 14, 2022
Landers Cookbook reprinted after 40+ years

Post-It Notes were launched, a gallon of gas was $1.25, and Chicken McNuggets first appeared on McDonald's menu. The year was 1981 and still eleven years before the magnitude 7.3 earthquake would shake things up in Landers. In 1981 a bright future was forecast and the Landers Chamber of Commerce was raising funds through sale of a limited-edition cookbook, "Creative Cooking of the Landers Area." A lot has changed in the intervening 40 plus years, but the 60 recipes of local…

Joshua Tree protected status remains unchanged; Vote pushed until 2023

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
October 13, 2022
Breaking: Joshua Tree Status vote to be pushed to February 2023 at California Fish and Game Commission meeting this morning

Listen to this story here: The status of the western Joshua tree on California’s threatened species list remains unchanged. At yesterday morning’s (October 12, 2022) meeting of the California Fish and Game Commission in the Lake Tahoe area any decision on the permanent listing of the tree was continued to February 23. The unanimous decision to delay a vote on listing the western Joshua tree on the state’s threatened species list came about to allow additional input from tribal nations within the…

Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency meeting agenda for Oct. 11

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
October 11, 2022
Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency meeting agenda for Oct. 11

Listen to this story here: If all goes as expected at tonight’s (October 11, 2022). 6 p.m. meeting of the Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency, adding a new water meter to an undeveloped property in Landers or Flamingo Heights goes up 3.44 percent. For someone adding a three-quarter or one inch meter, that facilities charge will set them back $14,641. If approved, that increase goes into effect in 60 days. Another resolution expected to be approved this evening is a 50 percent increase, to $2,200,…

Joshua Basin Water District Docent Meeting in Water Wise Garden

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
October 11, 2022
Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency meeting agenda for Oct. 11

Later today (October 11, 2022) is a do-over docent meeting for both new and seasoned volunteers at the Joshua Basin Water District. The August meeting was canceled due to triple-digit temperatures. Today’s hour-long session starts at 5 p.m. in the district’s Water Wise Demonstration Garden located at the District Office at Chollita Road and Park Blvd. in Joshua Tree. The focus will be on the garden’s variety of plants used by Native Americans and early settlers. To join in this free training…

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