It was a great morning. Fluffy omelets, multiple refills of rich, dark coffee, and a chance to reconnect with old friends under tropical skies. I’d been on the road for the last few months before finally landing in Maui. Breakfast was over, and I felt sad to leave my friends. But it was time to…
Editor: It’s not by accident Pine Cove Water District is likely one of the most stable, self-sustaining water districts in Southern California, producing some of the best granite cleaned/collected/stored water in the country. It’s legislative authority and staff understand these characteristics and work to ensure these principles. When other local districts’ poor-quality water production from…
Editor: In your June 4 “Out Loud” column you state you had received a jury summons and were to call in on Friday. You did, finding out you needn’t appear Monday, but needed to check in Monday for a possible Tuesday appearance. Upon calling Monday, you were informed you needed to appear Tuesday at 12:30…
Editor: I attended the meeting at Pine Cove Water where the current increases were explained. We were shown many details of costs going up. Originally, I did not agree in an increase greater than the cost of living but after all of the material presented, it made sense. No where in this meeting was it…
Petitions for Redetermination of the Fire Prevention Fee were previously required to be sent to three locations. However, as a result of legislation passed last year, you now need only mail your Petition for Redetermination to Cal Fire or its designee. Currently, Cal Fire is instructing property owners to mail their petition to the agency’s Suisun…
Editor: My last meeting as president of the Pine Cove Water District board was last week, and it happened to coincide with a letter in the TC criticizing the board. So this seems a good time to offer some final thoughts about the district. Let me jump right to the conclusion: I believe the district…
Last week, the California Judicial Council changed the rules for people with traffic tickets. Bail cost, which is often the amount of the fine, will no longer be required before drivers can protest traffic tickets. The new rule will “… allow traffic infraction defendants to appear as promised for arraignment and trial without prior deposit…
Last week, different agencies conducted two lifesaving rescues in the San Jacinto wilderness area. The first occurred Wednesday, June 10. About 9:30 p.m., Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies from the Cabazon Station were dispatched to assist with a search and rescue on the Skyline Trail. Three hikers were reported to be dehydrated and unable to…
The Pine Cove Water District board last week unanimously approved several resolutions and actions dealing with financial matters. Approved were the traditional $30 stand-by fee, the 2015-16 budget, a rebate program and authority to lease space at PCWD’s Rocky Point communications facility to American Medical Response. Each of these was approved unanimously. During the public…
Mike Esnard, Pine Cove Water District president, resigned effective the end of the June 10 board meeting. “… I hereby am submitting my resignation, as I am leaving Southern California,” he wrote in his letter, which explains why he did not file to run for re-election this August. Pine Cove residents interested in completing Esnard’s…
