Mill Creek Zanja · Photo: Aaron Henderson · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Mentone, CA: what to set up and who to call
Mentone has no town government of its own, so San Bernardino County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Redlands Unified School District. The closest public drop-off to Mentone is Redlands Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste Collection, 5 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mentone, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Mentone.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mentone. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Redlands City Mud-Water Div
Redlands City Mud-Water Div supplies almost all of Mentone. It draws surface water (EPA lists Rocky Comfort Mutual Water Co and City of Loma Linda and Western Heights Water Company as sellers) and serves 78,025 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 80% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA3610037.
4 home internet providers serve Mentone
99% of 2,909 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 72% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 74% | 7,000/7,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 72% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 28% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 5 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mentone.
Redlands Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste Collection
· run by City of Redlands
This isn’t Mentone’s own facility. Whether Mentone residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Mentone is in Redlands Unified School District.
B+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Mentone is unincorporated, so San Bernardino County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Mentone spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Mentone residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mentone | ZIP’s residents in Mentone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92359 | Mentone, CA | 90% | 96% |
| 92374 | Redlands, CA | 10% | 2% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Mentone
Who supplies Mentone’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Redlands City Mud-Water Div (EPA ID CA3610037). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.9 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mentone?
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Mentone?
Spectrum, Frontier, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mentone?
92359 (90%), 92374 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mentone in?
Redlands Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Mentone?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the San Bernardino Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.