Nearly 400 Imperial Irrigation District customers in the Mecca area lost power Monday, but while electricity was restored for almost half of them, it could take eight to 12 hours to get all of the power turned back on.
Two people were injured Monday following an explosion under an electric vault that was triggered by an underground natural gas leak in Coachella, authorities said.
The Interior Department announced it will use some of the $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to pay farmers and water districts to incentivize using less water from the Colorado River.
It was a big week for combating climate change and water conservation, not just in our region, but across the state and nation. Some water districts in Southern California are doing what they can to help.
The Imperial Irrigation and Coachella Valley Water Districts are the two biggest water regulators in the desert, and with the drought forcing more federal regulations, we broke down where each district gets its water from and how it flows right into your tap.
(CNS) – More than 950 Imperial Irrigation District customers lost power Friday in North Shore, near Mecca. The power utility advised the public at 12:37 p.m. Friday that troubleshooters were en route to fix the issue, but no estimated restoration time was given. According to IID’s online outage map, the outage occurred at 11:55 a.m. […]
(CNS) – Flames erupted at a residential structure in Indio Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. The blaze was reported at 11:04 a.m. in a roughly 1,200-square-foot structure in the 45100 block of King Street, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Officials said there were also power lines down at the […]
