Supervisors cautious about budget and projections
Uncontrollable increases down the road
While the discussion of the Riverside County 2017-18 budget mid-year review did not create panic nor any major cutbacks last week,...
County formulating vision for future growth
A Supervisor Washington-initiated effort
Riverside County is developing a vision or strategic plan to guide policy and budget issues over the next decade. Vision 2030...
Sniff has big lead in campaign contributions race
The Riverside County sheriff’s race has tightened over the past six months. In the spring of 2017, incumbent Sheriff Stan Sniff seemed to have...
Supervisors fund position to oversee projects for homeless
Homelessness was on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors’ Tuesday, Jan. 30 agenda and the board unanimously approved allocating money to begin to mitigate...
Volunteers needed for recycling classes and events
Are you interested in helping the environment? Do you like to compost or recycle?
Become an outreach volunteer with the Riverside County Department of Waste...
Bianco feels challenge to sheriff affects his assignments
Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff is up for re-election in 2018. His challengers are from within the Sheriff’s Department and another county police force.
Lt....
Ruiz dominates fundraising heading into primary season
Representative Dr. Raul Ruiz, Democratic incumbent for California’s 36th Congressional seat, is having little trouble raising money for his third re-election campaign. At the...
Judge denies Aklufi’s motion to dismiss embezzlement charges
The motion to dismiss criminal charges against Joe Aklufi was denied.
In a brief hearing, Friday, Jan. 26, Judge Mac Fisher ruled that Aklufi’s motion...
Riverside agency’s Advanced Education Symposium on Human Trafficking
Riverside County is a high-impact community for criminal cases of sex trafficking, sextortion (black mail with a photo) and social-media exploitation cases. Most of...
DA Hestrin opposes Aklufi motion to dismiss
On Jan. 2, 2018, attorney Joseph Sandy Aklufi, the last defendant not yet sentenced in a Beaumont city government corruption case, filed a motion...