Two helicopter dip tanks will be installed on Rancho California Water District reservoirs.A 7-0 RCWD board vote on July 9 approved a purchase order for two HeloPod dip tanks. Pump Pod USA, whose office is in Simi Valley, will be paid $139,237.50 for the tanks.“It’s a huge benefit to our community,” said RCWD senior vice president J.D. Harkey.The County of Riverside’s Unincorporated Communities Initiative program is intended to improve the infrastructure and services provided to residents of unincorporated communities with an emphasis on disadvantaged unincorporated communities. The county’s 2025-26 budget, approved June 24 included $12,500,000 for the Unincorporated Communities Fund, divided evenly between the five Supervisorial Districts. In October 2025 the Riversid
