At its July 15 board meeting, Fern Valley Water District General Manager Steve Erler reported a large three-day leak that a customer had discovered in the area of Scenic Drive. Erler noted it was an old connection from the 1960s that had been capped, but began to leak. “I don’t yet know the water loss,”…

Hoping to gain the public’s cooperation, Caltrans hosted a press conference at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at the base of Highway 330 leading to the San Bernardino Mountains. The theme, “Pack it in, pack it out — help us keep the mountains clean,” aimed to educate snow recreation users about their responsibility to remove…

The recently enacted $150 state fire protection fee will not be implemented for several months; nevertheless, it is already attracting considerable opposition that is starting to take shape in multiple forums — the voters, the Legislature and, eventually, the courts. The first formal action was the submission of a proposed referendum to eliminate the fee….

(This story was taken from a State Parks press release.) Mt. San Jacinto State Park spokesperson Todd Friedman reported four rescues involving 12 hikers in the wilderness, all on Sunday. State Parks received a call of a missing hiker at about 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The 45-year-old man from Huntington Beach got separated from his scouting troop…