VVDailyPress: MWA moves into $6 million facility
June 18, 2011 3:00 PM Brooke Edwards Staff Writer New MWA headquarters: By the numbers:APPLE VALLEY • The Mojave Water Agency has moved into its new headquarters, consolidating from three buildings to...
View ArticleVVDailyPress: Apple Valley to start year without a budget
Council weighs cuts to employee compensation to avoid dipping further into reserves June 25, 2011 1:00 PM Brooke Edwards Staff WriterAPPLE VALLEY • The town will likely be the only local municipality...
View ArticleThe Sun: PG&E wants Hinkley water order lifted
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer Posted: 07/13/2011 08:18:06 PM PDTPacific Gas and Electric Co. has asked a water quality board to reconsider its order requiring the utility to provide permanent replacement...
View ArticleVVDailyPress: More Hinkley wells found contaminated
Area north of chromium 6 ‘plume’ shows elevated toxins August 18, 2011 9:06 AM SARA MITCHELL Staff WriterHINKLEY • Recent tests show elevated levels of chromium 6 in a dozen monitoring wells north of...
View ArticleThe Sun: Many Hinkley residents would like to leave but can’t
PG&E – HinkleyJim Steinberg, Staff Writer Posted: 09/06/2011 10:50:45 AM PDTHINKLEY — When Elaine Kearney and husband Greg first purchased their 10 acres here, they would bottle up some fresh well...
View ArticleThe Sun: Plan to create massive composting facility irritates Hinkley residents
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer Posted: 09/25/2011 07:03:17 AM PDTHINKLEY – Think about this happening to your part of the world.Eight miles away there are plans for a commercial composting facility that...
View ArticleThe PE: S.B. COUNTY: Supervisors still back compost facility
10:40 PM PDT on Wednesday, September 28, 2011BY IMRAN GHORI STAFF WRITER ighori@pe.comDespite court setbacks, a proposed open-air sludge composting facility near the high desert town of Hinkley has...
View ArticleVVDailyPress: Hinkley residents discuss water replacement options
PG&E will install an agreed-upon system for the polluted area September 29, 2011 3:03 PM SARA MITCHELL Staff WriterHINKLEY • Out of five water replacement options presented by Pacific Gas and...
View ArticleThe Sun: Water agency order requires new water source for Hinkley residents...
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer Posted: 10/12/2011 01:03:21 AM PDTHINKLEY – The water agency overseeing the cleanup of Hinkley’s contaminated groundwater ordered Pacific Gas and Electric Co. on Tuesday to...
View ArticleThe Sun: PG&E appeals water board order for Hinkley
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer Posted: 10/25/2011 01:57:04 PM PDTPacific Gas & Electric Co. has filed an appeal with the state’s Water Resources Control Board to stop an order that it provide permanent...
View ArticleThe Sun: Hinkley’s plume of contamination appears to be migrating northward...
The known northern boundary of the plume of chromium 6 contamination in Hinkley grew one-mile in a year, according to the Lahontan Water Board. In the third quarter of 2010, the plume was touching...
View ArticleVVDailyPress: Stanton mayor of A.V.
Coleman to serve as mayor pro tem December 13, 2011 10:02 PM BY Gretchen LosiSPECIAL TO THE DAILY PRESSAPPLE VALLEY • Barb Stanton is the new mayor in town, with Ginger Coleman tapped to serve as mayor...
View ArticleThe Sun: Water agency asks Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for more background...
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer Posted: 01/08/2012 06:03:56 AM PSTHINKLEY – The water agency supervising the clean-up of chromium 6 groundwater contamination here has asked Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to...
View ArticleThe Sun: Northern boundary of Hinkley plume continues to grow
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer Posted: 01/31/2012 12:33:41 PM PSTHINKLEY – The northern boundaries of that plume of contaminated groundwater continues to advance.Water samples from new test wells – many...
View ArticleVVDailyPress: PG&E, water board sign $3.6M settlement
$1.8M goes to Hinkley School water system February 02, 2012 5:11 PM KATIE LUCIA, Staff WriterHINKLEY • The regional water board signed a $3.6 million agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric on...
View ArticleThe PE: HINKLEY: Gas company agrees to pay $3.6 million settlement
BY DAVID DANELSKI STAFF WRITER ddanelski@pe.comPublished: 15 March 2012 08:18 PMPacific Gas & Electric Company must pay $3.6 million for failing to contain groundwater pollution beneath the rural...
View ArticleVVDailyPress: Some A.V. fees to increase by 72 percent
June 23, 2012 12:00 PM RENE DE LA CRUZ, Special to the Daily PressAPPLE VALLEY • Some Apple Valley residents will pay higher fees for a variety of services should the Town Council pass a resolution...
View ArticleThe Sun: Hinkley residents face Aug. 31 deadline on life-changing choices
Jim Steinberg,Staff Writer Posted: 06/23/2012 04:12:21 PM PDTHINKLEY – The clock is ticking for residents. A deadline looms on Aug. 31.Everyone faces deadlines: taxes, vehicle license tags, credit card...
View ArticleVVDailyPress: Bitter split over Coleman’s replacement
Controversial Village PBID renewed on close vote August 14, 2012 10:25 PM From Staff ReportsAPPLE VALLEY • The Town Council was bitterly split and one resident was escorted out by deputies during...
View ArticleVVDailyPress: Judge halts state from imposing $1.2M fine on A.V.
California pushing for fine due to clerical error September 12, 2012 5:24 PM FROM STAFF REPORTSAPPLE VALLEY • A judge granted a preliminary injunction halting the California Department of Finance from...
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