Green Valley County Water District

Only 124 registered voters live in the West Valley County Water District, but 11 of them are running for election Tuesday to the district's five-member board of directors. Despite the preponderance of candidates, some residents--including some incumbents--can't understand why anyone would want to govern the three-square-mile water district serving Neenach, a town in the far western corner of the Antelope Valley.

Ninety-two people filed candidacy papers for seats on 15 school and water district boards in the November election, led by 14 candidates for a trio of seats on the governing board of the region's troubled high school district, county officials said Wednesday.

Ninety-two people filed candidacy papers for seats on 15 school and water district boards in the November election, led by 14 candidates for a trio of seats on the governing board of the region's troubled high school district, county officials said Wednesday.

Two years after Green Valley, a rustic community tucked away in the mountains 20 miles north of Santa Clarita, had to severely restrict their water usage as the most seriously drought-affected locality in Los Angeles County, residents may be on the verge of relief. A test well, drilled 1,000 feet into bedrock, produced a water flow this week of 50 gallons a minute, Green Valley County Water Board officials said Wednesday.

Two years after Green Valley, a rustic community tucked away in the mountains 20 miles north of Santa Clarita, had to severely restrict their water usage as the most seriously drought-affected locality in Los Angeles County, residents may be on the verge of relief. A test well, drilled 1,000 feet into bedrock, produced a water flow this week of 50 gallons a minute, Green Valley County Water Board officials said Wednesday.

In what officials said may be the highest percentage of turnout--77%--in Los Angeles County, 96 out of 124 registered voters in the tiny West Valley County Water District voted to fill four seats on the five-member board of directors. But the races were so close that outcomes could change because of five ballots, said district secretary Kathleen Rener, whose husband, Steve, led with 42 votes (16.2%).

There will be quite a few new faces on five water boards in the Antelope, Crescenta and Santa Clarita valleys after Tuesday's election. Of the five water board races that appeared on the ballot, only the Quartz Hill Water District will remain as it was before the election. All three incumbents in the small, west Antelope Valley district were reelected. Olan Flick, 73, Michael Risolo Jr., 75, and Don Raven will retain their seats.

Call it a case of the American Dream gone dry. Ken and Eileen Bowman, both bus drivers for the Los Angeles Unified School District, were fed up with the smog and the traffic around their Northridge rental home. So they came to Green Valley, a rustic community of 1,200 people nestled in the mountains north of Santa Clarita. But the continuing drought in Southern California has transformed the Bowmans' rural town from a retreat from civilization into an outpost living on the edge.

Filing for Santa Clarita Valley school board seats closed Wednesday with no sign of a political counterattack by building developers, who had been expected to back their own board candidates to fight heavy school taxes. Twenty-one candidates had filed with the Los Angeles County registrar's office for 10 seats on five Santa Clarita Valley school boards by the 5 p.m. deadline. Ten candidates filed for Nov.

A dispute that has pitted neighbor against neighbor in Green Valley, a small, close-knit community in the mountains above Saugus, will culminate Tuesday when voters decide if they want to recall any or all of the five members of the local water board.

Only 124 registered voters live in the West Valley County Water District, but 11 of them are running for election Tuesday to the district's five-member board of directors. Despite the preponderance of candidates, some residents--including some incumbents--can't understand why anyone would want to govern the three-square-mile water district serving Neenach, a town in the far western corner of the Antelope Valley.

Valley Antelope Valley Community College District (Includes Kern County) 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%) Donald M. Ross *: 7,369 (39.3%) Earl J. Wilson *: 6,803 (36.3%) Felix S. Le Marinel: 4,570 (24.4%) Antelope Valley Union High School District 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%) Billy A. Pricer: 4,846 (25.2%) Wilda N. Andrejcik *: 4,229 (22.0%) William M. Olenick: 4,139 (21.6%) Sue Stokka: 3,168 (16.5%) James L. Hutchins: 1,742 (9.1%) Keith Davis: 1,070 (5.