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While the Joshua Basin Water District’s regular third Wednesday board meeting has been canceled, the Hi-Desert Water District will meet in regular session at 5 p.m. tonight (February 17). Here’s reporter Mike Lipsitz with an overview of tonight’s agenda… A single item stands out on tonight’s agenda. That is the board’s expected approval of an offer of employment to Paul Peschel who is expected to take over the seat of retiring general manager Ed Muzik effective April fifth. Peschel starts with a $220,000 annual base salary, plus benefits. He comes from Fresno where he’s general ...

Temperature and wind extremes, poor soil, lack of rain, and determined critters make growing vegetables in the desert a challenge for any gardener. But don’t despair, an upcoming free class aims to give desert vegetable growers the edge. Reporter Mike Lipsitz is here with the details… The Joshua Basin Water District is offering a free four-hour, two-evening course called Desert Edible Gardening. The course is set for February 23 and 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Zoom remote platform. Covered topics will include environmental challenges, GMO versus organics, container and other gardening appr...

An ambitious agenda is on tap for tonight’s 6 p.m. meeting of the Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency’s board of directors. Here is reporter Mike Lipsitz with highlights… Rate adjustments, both up and down, director per diem, just up, expansion of customer classes, contraction of district water systems, and much more is on the agenda for tonight’s meeting. Get the detailed agenda and instructions for how to view or participate by following https://bdvwa.org/wp-content/uploads/0.0-2021-02-09-Regular-BOD-Meeting-Agenda-Packet.pdf. Anyone wishing to participate remotely can access the telec...

At tomorrow’s regular 10 a.m. meeting of county supervisors in San Bernardino, one item is expected to serve up a big win for those in the Morongo Basin who are food insecure or need meal assistance. Reporter Mike Lipsitz tells us what is on the menu… Supervisors are expected to adopt consent calendar item 20. That action will make available $331,400 to the Hi-Desert Memorial Health Care District to provide access to food to income-eligible, food insecure households through April 2022. The money will be provided from Community Development Block Grant Funds part of the federal CARES Act es...

A 49-year-old man was arrested in Yucca Valley Friday on an Imperial County warrant, for allegedly contacting a minor for sex more than three years ago. According to an Imperial County Sheriff’s lieutenant, a Sheriff’s investigator was posing as a minor on the Internet. On September 11, 2017, Jose Romero of Yucca Valley, who believed the investigator was a minor, made contact and communicated via social media for about two weeks before making arrangements to meet in Salton City for sex. On September 22, 2017, investigators met Romero at the pre-arranged location. Jose Romero was arrested ...