Community

A jury in California returned a guilty verdict in the trial over a murder on the California side of the valley nearly two years ago.

On Friday afternoon the National Weather Service issues a tornado warning for Sandy Valley. Though no tornado materialized the storm did bring intense hail and rain as it passed through the valley. The warning is preserved below for posterity.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...
WEST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...

* UNTIL 615 PM PDT.

* AT 536 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SANDY
VALLEY...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SANDY VALLEY 550 PM PDT.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A

There is a cliche which tells us we'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar. It can be really frustrating to be in a meeting with a public official who you don't hold in high regard. All too often as a community we've let officials who come to our CAC and other community meetings know just what we think of them. In our public forum we call them on the carpet and feel as though we've told them off or sent the message that we're on to them and they won't get away with it anymore.

Thieves attempting to steal copper wire are at the root of several recent Valley Electric Association power outages affecting Sandy Valley and surrounding communities. As copper prices have gone up world wide thieves have gotten more determined in their attempts to steal it from electrical facilities.