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Homes near JTNP entrance lose water, find leak – UPDATED with Gallery

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
October 6, 2022
Homes near JTNP entrance lose water, find leak – UPDATED with Gallery

Updated with gallery below. About a dozen residences at the top of Quail Springs Road near the national park entrance in Joshua Tree had no water from the tap but witnessed a spectacular water show Tuesday. The homes lost water service about 11 a.m. Tuesday when a non-water district work crew in the area damaged a water line resulting in a massive, geyser-like leak. A responding emergency crew from Joshua Basin Water District repaired the damage and restored water service in the area in under…

Wednesday Water Roundup – regular meeting for JBWD, Hi-Desert

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
October 5, 2022
Wednesday Water Roundup – regular meeting for JBWD, Hi-Desert

Later today(October 5, 2022) in Joshua Tree, the Joshua Basin Water District’s regular meeting begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. The Hi-Desert Water District, which serves Yucca Valley, has no meeting today. Following the dispatch of routine items on the consent agenda, directors at the Joshua Basin Water District will hear a report on capacity fees. These are the one-time development charges used to fund capital improvements essential to the district’s growth. Also today, the board will be asked to…

Homestead Valley Community Council addresses Flamingo Glamping facility at latest meeting

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
October 4, 2022

At the August meeting of the Homestead Valley Community Council Robott Land Co., the developers aiming to build a 40-acre glamping facility on their 640-acre property along pristine Pipes Wash in Flamingo Heights, outlined their plan and held a Q&A session with meeting attendees. The questions kept coming and at the meeting conclusion, Robott pledged to follow up with responses to questions that hadn’t been addressed. The L.A.-based developer has made good on that pledge and provided answers…

Wonder Valley dirt roads to get $450k grader – more at Tomorrow’s BOS Meeting

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
October 3, 2022
Wonder Valley dirt roads to get $450k grader – more at Tomorrow’s BOS Meeting

At tomorrow’s (October 4, 2022) 10 a.m. meeting of County Supervisors in San Bernardino, the board is expected to approve some relief for anyone who drives the 178 miles of road in Wonder Valley. Among many items on the tomorrow’s consent agenda, the board is expected to approve $450,000 for purchase of a motor grader for use in Wonder Valley. The county provides road maintenance there and this piece of heavy construction equipment is used to flatten or grade dirt roads. The current grader,…

Groups urge County Supervisors to cap Short Term Rentals permits

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
September 26, 2022
Groups urge County Supervisors to cap Short Term Rentals permits

At tomorrow’s (September 27, 2022) 10 a.m. meeting of County Supervisors in San Bernardino, the board will hold a public hearing and likely vote on adding something called the Draft Housing Element, or DHE, to the County General Plan. Once adopted, this Housing Element will be the ‘go-to’ guide for decision-making on housing in the county until the next update in 2030. A coalition of community groups has raised concerns that the policy document fails to address the impacts that an unlimited…

The 26th Annual Orchid Festival returns October 1st

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
September 23, 2022

The 26th Annual Morongo Basin Orchid Festival at Gubler Orchids on Belfield Blvd. in Landers is next Saturday, October 1st from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission and parking are free. The Orchid Festival is about more than thousands of blooming orchids and carnivorous plants, it's about community non-profits, live music Saturday with Robbi Rob and Band, and on Sunday, its the Yucca Valley High School Jazz Band. Local beers from Joshua Tree Brewery, wines from…

Hi-Desert Water and Joshua Basin Water District meeting times and agendas

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
September 21, 2022

The Hi-Desert Water District will convene for the water agency’s regularly scheduled 4 p.m. meeting later today (September 21, 2022). And down the highway in Joshua Tree the Joshua Basin Water District’s regular meeting begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. Following the dispatch of routine items on the consent agenda, directors at the Hi-Desert Water District will hear from staff who want board approval to spend a quarter-million dollars to make repairs on well 9W. And among the items of business in…

Yucca Valley voter information session – What you need to know about Measure D and K

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
September 20, 2022
Yucca Valley voter information session – What you need to know about Measure D and K

The Town of Yucca Valley is holding a series of information sessions for voters who will asked to consider Measure K on November’s ballot. If enacted, Measure K will adjust the existing Transient Occupancy Tax from 7% to 12 % and is only applied to individuals staying in hotels, motels, and short-term vacation rentals and lodging within Yucca Valley. Importantly, Yucca Valley’s Measure K is distinct from San Bernardino’s Measure K, which was voted on and approved in 2020, but is being revisited…

Federal Judge Revokes Permit For Cadiz Water Pipeline

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
September 19, 2022
Federal Judge Revokes Permit For Cadiz Water Pipeline

Listen here: A federal court last week (September 14, 2022) pulled the pipeline permit for the controversial Cadiz water mining project. The permit was granted to Cadiz Inc. Land Holdings in the final days of 2020, and has been opposed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Native American Land Conservancy and the National Parks Conservation Association, among other organizations. The controversial Cadiz water project aimed to drain the Mojave Desert of an unsustainable 16 billion gallons of…

Measure D seeks to limit $250k County Supervisor salaries

Mike Lipsitzby Mike Lipsitz
September 16, 2022

Tom Murphy of the county government watchdog Red Brennan Group recently sat down with Z107.7s Gary Daigneault on the regular Friday Up Close Show. Murphy discussed ballot measure D which country voters will have a chance to vote for or against on the November 8 General Election ballot. Murphy discusses Measure D, which has been described as a way for county supervisors to bury a 2020 ballot measure that voters passed with a super majority. The 2020 election’s county measure K limited supervisors…

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