Two basketball courts, a ballfield, two play areas and a shade structure are among the amenities included in the conceptual design for Calimesa’s new park, which will also be its largest.

The need for an increase in telephone numbers has led to the implementation of a different way to dial a local phone number with the area code in the 909 designated area, according to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Also with new telephone lines or services, numbers that a…

Antonio Alcala is the Yucaipa Police Department’s Deputy of the Year 2020. Alcala was awarded a plaque on Jan. 20. He also received his third vehicle theft recovery award. He has been with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for nine years and assigned to Yucaipa station since Jul…

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Set against the dark polar nights of northern Alaska, “Three Houses on a Hill” is the latest suspense thriller from former Yucaipa resident Nicholas Holloway.

On Jan. 11, the Yucaipa City Council approved and authorized City Manager Ray Casey to execute Facility Use Agreements  and administer the terms of the agreements between the city of Yucaipa and Yucaipa Valley Youth Soccer Organization, Spartans F.C. (football club), Yucaipa Valley American …

Yucaipa lost a local trailblazer when Jesus Esparza Muñoz, 91, of Yucaipa, died on Dec, 15, 2020, at a rehabilitation hospital. Munoz was born on Sept. 1, 1929, in Los Angeles..  

The first Yucaipa City Council meeting of the new year was on Jan. 11, the council awarded four local businesses a CDBG-CV (Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus) loan to grant check for the Small Business Assistance Program which is a supplemental allocation of the U.S. Department o…

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At the Yucaipa City Council meeting on Dec.14, the city of Yucaipa presented a Capital Improvement Grant to Executive Director of YAPS (The Yucaipa Animal Placement Society) Annette Florez, in the amount of $50,000.

Metrolink’s $10 Holiday Ticket returns on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day to help travelers get to their essential destinations. Metrolink’s $10 Holiday Ticket is valid for unlimited rides on Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25 and New Year’s Day, Friday, Jan. 1. This discounted fare is ava…

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By MICHELLE LOPEZ

USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region has decided to close developed campgrounds on eight National Forests in California to provide consistent COVID-19 mitigation response in accordance with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Stay-at-Home Order of Dec. 3, 2020. The eight National Forests are in Cali…

On Dec. 3, Ben Clymer’s Body Shop in Yucaipa gave a free car to a local Yucaipian, Cassandra Liggett. The local body shop has had its Benevolence Car Giveaway for the past 12 years. Each year a deserving resident is chosen to receive a much needed and greatly appreciated vehicle from Ben Cly…

Beginning this week, there was a new face on the Calimesa City Council as Wendy Hewitt joined incumbents Jeff Cervantez, Bill Davis and Linda Molina, who all won their re-election bids.

Yucaipa City Councilman Dick Riddell is known all over the region.  After serving on the council continuously for 26 years, Riddell narrowly lost his re-election bid for council on Nov. 3, to Jon Thorp.  

It may have been a last-minute decision, but Debbie Miller is excited about the challenges ahead of her as a new board member for the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District.

The race for State Senate District 23 is officially over. San Bernardino County, released its final certified election results on Dec. 1.  Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (Republican) beat her opponent Abigail Medina (Democrat) by over 21,000 votes in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.   

At the Nov. 23 meeting,  Yucaipa City Council approved the  Wilson III Basin Project Phase 1A.  Director of Development Services/City Engineer Fermin Preciado presented the project in phases due to upcoming deadlines to expand grant funding and satisfy environmental requirements and commitme…

On Nov. 4, Yucaipa City Planner Benjamin Matlock presented the proposed project, The Paws Mission, to the Planning Commission. The cattery is at 13229 Seventh Place in Yucaipa. The commission had several questions that could only be answered by the applicant. Because the applicant was not pr…

Each morning Principal Frank Tucci and his staff at Green Valley High School put together a video message and send it to their students.

Yucaipa Valley Water District  is installing a drinking water main line replacement near Panorama Drive, on Date Avenue. Crews continue to work on the project in the residential North Bench neighborhood.

It’s been a long, successful run for Yucaipa Councilmember Denise Hoyt Allen. She was first elected to Yucaipa City Council on Nov. 3, 2004, and after four terms, decided not to seek re-election in 2020.

At the Nov. 4 Planning Commission meeting, a Conditional Use Permit for a coffee stand and drive-through located on the northwest corner of 13th Street and Yucaipa Boulevard was discussed. Assistant Planner Madeline Jordan presented the item to the commissioners. The commissioners approved t…

With the COVID-19 guidelines, Christmas will be a little different for all this year. One of the items on the Yucaipa City Council agenda on Nov. 9, was to ring in the Christmas Spirit into Yucaipa in a little different style than in years past.