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It is actually a recharging basin which belongs to the Orange County water district. “About 30,000 gallons a minute come into the lake, and it percolates down that fast,” Dave Wabiszawski from Adventure Lagoon said. The water is part of a strategic system that actually begins at Prado Dam, making its way down the Santa Ana River through a series of holding ponds. "From this pond we’re able to redirect 4 different directions,” Don Houilhan, the recharge superintendent, said. The district was recently able to add to the water it stores at the dam, hoping to bank it for those non-rainy d...

22 Jun 2021 A group of clergy members in Ohio recently called on citizens to join them for a day of prayer and appreciation for their local police and sheriff’s department. Pastors from 89 separate congregations in Richland County held a press conference and issued a proclamation for law enforcement, which they each signed, CBN News reported Tuesday, adding the event took place June 13. The proclamation read, in part: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as leading clergymen from (89) eighty-nine congregations across Richland County, Ohio, we regret the negativity and malice toward those police offi...

Building on its long history of innovation and research initiatives, the Orange County Water District (OCWD; the District) recently received a...

View Comments MANSFIELD - Seven members of the Mansfield Police Department will retire on or before June 2, requiring police Chief Keith Porch to put some personnel back on patrol temporarily. And sick leave, maternity leave and administrative leave on the force also has caused the chief to pull some officers back to patrol duties.  Three officers have retired since Jan. 1 - officers Rich Dittrich and Jeff McKinley and Capt. Doug Noblet. Officers Ron Barnes, Orlando Chatman and Andy Boor and assistant Chief Joe Petrycki will retire on or before June 2. The total number of officers...

California Prepares for a Drought—But Orange County Says It’s Ready Officials throughout California are preparing for another crippling drought throughout the state—but officials in Orange County say they are ready. After two years of below-average precipitation levels, fears of devastating wildfires loom on the horizon. The ground throughout the state has become parched, threatening vegetation and daily life. Experts are encouraging people throughout Southern California to increase water conservation efforts and take precautionary measures against the state’s devastating wildfires, w...