Occasionally, irregularities occur in the administration of our local public agencies —sometimes unintentionally, sometimes otherwise. Some are quickly corrected, others you have to wonder about: a public agency whose books are not outside-audited for five years, for example, or one that uses never-before-heard-of accounting practices.The Town Crier reports on these and other irregularities and follows…

As Brian Chiu, from the Grid Resiliency and Public Safety Office of Southern California Edison, told an audience at Town Hall in May, SCE is taking steps to expand its use of weather forecasting and has been installing small weather stations locally to improve its awareness of the weather conditions and fire potential. This is…

Director elections moved to November in 2022 At its regular November meeting, the Idyllwild Water District directors adopted new regulations for administering the sewer system and agreed to move their bi-annual August election for directors to the state’s November general elections beginning in 2022. The new sewer rule, Ordinance 65, replaces regulations adopted 20 years…