Water district not backing down in argument about status of water rights in Santa Barbara County probate case

A Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge has continued a probate case involving Tehachapi Basin water rights to March 20. In court on Dec. 19, Judge Colleen K. Sterne encouraged the parties to reach a settlement. In October the judge denied a petition by Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District to stop the probate court from considering ownership of the water rights. The water rights petition is part of a larger case to settle probate matters related to the Bozenich Family Trust...