Republican Assemblyman Brian Jones, Santee resident, currently represents California’s 77th Assembly District. He is one of three candidates running f...
Orr new Riverside County executive
Jay Orr, the assistant executive office, will become the next Riverside County executive officer. Members of the Board of Supervisors made the selecti...
Initial Thoughts: Jazz riffs on diet, chemistry, health and music …
I write this column on Monday evening. Yesterday was Palm Sunday and I regret that I didn’t attend church for the umpteenth year in a row. Getting old...
Legislators ask for review of Forest Service air tanker plans
Last week, four U.S. Senators asked the General Accounting Office to review the Forest Service’s efforts to develop an air tanker plan to replenish th...
Salter wins bronze in America’s Cup
Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter earned a bronze medal in the women’s skeleton race during last weekend’s America’s Cup competition in Lake Placid, New York....
Lawler Fire result of previous pile burn
The Jan. 8, 2012, Lawler Fire was caused by an ember that remained within a pile of burned slash that had been ignited several weeks before, according...
Supervisors hear sheriff talk crime and budget
Layoffs will be needed to balance the Riverside County budget for fiscal year 2012-13, which starts July 1. Interim County Executive Larry Parish pres...
2012 Idyllwild jazz fest mixes new with familiar
The headliners will be Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band on Saturday and Brian Bromberg on Sunday ...
Idyllwild Water and Fire schedule special meetings
Local meetings announced Idyllwild Water The Personnel Committee has scheduled a 2 p.m., Monday, april 2 meeting to discuss the personnel manual. The ...
Assembly tries to fix glitches in fire legislation
Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries, R-Lake Elsinore, is trying to bring the state legislature’s attention to the effects of recently enacted laws on rural mou...