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…

The California Department of State Parks and Recreation has released the draft management for Long Valley, in the Mt. San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness. The area comprises approximately six acres of the park’s total 13,700 acres. It sits at the top terminus of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. This plan is the result of…

Editor’s note: Because of pressing issues regarding the local weather disasters, we are unable to investigate further this week on this issue, as some readers and also attendees requested at last week’s news meeting. Following publication of the Idyllwild Fire Department wages, as reported to the state Controller General, who posts it on the agency’s…