Sheriff candidates land big donations
Deputy association financing Bianco campaign
The race for the next sheriff of Riverside County is becoming very expensive. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have already...
Dave Brown, former Hemet police chief, seeks sheriff job
Dave Brown, former chief of police for the city of Hemet, is one of three challengers to the re-election of Riverside County Sheriff Stan...
Chad Bianco, sheriff’s lieutenant, wants top job
Editor’s note: This week, Riverside County sheriff candidates Chad Bianco and Dave Brown are interviewed. In two weeks, Sheriff Stan Sniff’s interview will...
District Attorney Mike Hestrin seeks re-election
Mike Hestrin is the incumbent Riverside County district attorney. He was elected in June 2014 and sworn into office on Jan. 5, 2015. Prior...
Gressley seeks to be next district attorney
Lara Gressley, a criminal defense attorney, wants to replace Michael Hestrin as the Riverside County district attorney. If she succeeds, it will be third-consecutive...
Money still important in District Attorney race
If campaign contributions were votes, incumbent District Attorney Michael Hestrin will be easily re-elected over challenger Lara Gressley. But dollars are not votes and...
County’s next budget tight and tough, but growing
While the Riverside County Board of Supervisors was pleased with the early report of budget conditions for the next five years, it also realized...
Prop 72 excludes rain-water capture systems from property tax assessments
By Marshall Smith
Correspondent
Proposition 72, on the June ballot as a constitutional amendment, proposes to exclude rain-water capture systems added after Jan. 1, 2019, from...
Prop 68 to fund parks and natural resource protection
By Marshall Smith
Correspondent
Proposition 68, titled the “Parks, Environment and Water Bond,” would allow the state to sell $4.1 billion in general obligation bonds to...
Sheriff to speed up issuance of concealed carry permits
In order to speed up the review of applications for permits to carry concealed weapons, Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff has directed staff to...