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Registration for this year’s Southern California Water Conference is scheduled to end Friday. The conference, sponsored by the Baldy View Chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California, will be a virtual event this year, according to a statement. Wade Crowfoot, California’s secretary for natural resources and a member …

The Apple Valley Town Council has unanimously agreed to place a one percent sales tax before voters this Nov. 3. If approved, the tax would generate approximately $7 million annually for the town’s general fund, which pays for law enforcement, road construction, park improvements, community events, and recreation programs, according to …

Palm Springs has changed its regulations regarding how late restaurants, bars, and wineries are allowed to stay open. Those three entities must now close by midnight and remain closed until at least 5 a.m., according to a statement on the city’s website. That restriction went into effect last week and …

Two decades in the making, the conservation plan will protect several endangered species in the 4,800-acre territory in San Bernardino County while maximizing the land’s natural resources, according to its proponents. After 20 years of back and forth among governmental agencies and the private sector, the Santa Ana River Habitat …

Riverside County is giving away 10 million masks to help combat COVID-19. Since announcing “Masks are Medicine” last week, the county has given more than 50,000 masks to nonprofits for distribution, according to a statement on the county’s website. “Because we do not have a vaccine or cure for COVID, …

The Apple Valley Town Council is scheduled today to consider placing a one percent sales tax on the November ballot. The measure would raise about $7 million a year for public safety, community services, and infrastructure, according to a statement on the town’s website. “This type of tax can be …