Category Archives: Water districts

Albert Robles was cleared of all charges he was facing for allegedly violating campaign codes, Airan Scruby reports. Albert Robles serves on the Water Replinishment District of Southern California, and unfortunately shares the name with the former South Gate treasurer … Continue reading →

Jennifer McLain had a very interesting story that ran in today’s paper about the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster, which isn’t a public agency but sure does get some very “public” benefits. The Watermaster is a nonprofit, court-ordered agency that … Continue reading →

While driving this morning from Monrovia to the Garvey School District in Rosemead via Rosemead Boulevard, I noticed dozens of signs for both Charles Trevino and Clarence Wong, who are both running for the seat on the Upper San Gabriel … Continue reading →

This weekend I wrote a story about the motivations of local candidates to get on water boards. Of the candidates I spoke to, each said that they have a desire to give back to the community and they are interested in … Continue reading →

Do you vote based on name recognition? Well, Water Replinishment District of Southern California candidate Linda Fuentes, whose maiden name is Unruh wants her name to appear on the ballot as Linda Unruh-Fuentes. She is married to Chuck Fuentes, Pico … Continue reading →

There’s quite a long list of candidates running for seats of our local water boards for the November election. Who are these people and why are they running? I’ll have more on that later, but feel free to chime in … Continue reading →

The bio for Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District candidate Andrew McIntyre was changed after I posted this entry. It no longer states that he was a member of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, but instead that … Continue reading →

Remember this post? Well, here is the biography for Andrew McIntyre, who is running for a seat on the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District: Background Andrew McIntyre was born and raised in West Covina. He attended South Hills … Continue reading →

I just got back from a little field trip with photographer Raul Roa. We were on the search for dead ducks at the San Gabriel River in El Monte and Industry. After walking up and down the river, we found … Continue reading →

Today, photographer Raul Roa and I visited a methane power plant at the BKK Landfill site in West Covina. The plant has been there for nearly 20 years (who knew?!), and it takes methane gas from the landfill and converts … Continue reading →