Washington wants to keep county board seat

Editor’s note: The seat for Riverside County’s 3rd District supervisor is on the June 7 primary ballot. Three candidates are seeking the seat Chuck...

April showers bring cold weather

Unlike the 2015-16 El Niño, May flowers are expected to appear as forecasted. The anticipated blossoms will create a rainbow on the Hill, despite...

Sample ballots, information pamphlets on the way

About 876,000 sample ballots and information pamphlets started going out to Riverside County voters last week for the presidential primary election on June 7....

County recruiting poll workers for June 7 election

Poll workers are needed at voting locations throughout Riverside County for the June 7 presidential primary election. No experience is required and the Registrar of...

Ruiz fundraising continues to accelerate

Among politicians, candidates and campaign managers, money and cash are the “lingua franca.” In the race for California’s 36th Congressional District, incumbent Rep. Dr....

‘Godzilla’ El Niño was just a lizard

From fall until spring, Southern California was supposed to experience one of the strongest El Niño weather patterns in a century. Warnings of flooding...

Appeals Court overturns ruling on teacher tenure and seniority: State laws are not ...

On Thursday, the state 2nd District Court of Appeals unanimously overturned Judge Rolf M. Treu’s June 2014 decision in Vergara v. the State of...

SCE recommends defense against ongoing utility scam: Customers lost over half-a-million dollars to...

A reader wrote to inform the Town Crier about being contacted by a purported Southern California Edison representative who demanded immediate payment for allegedly...

County supervisors decline budget committee oversight: Brown Act compliance too costly

Last week, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors couldn’t agree on how to approach, and the extent of its own involvement in, the annual...

Sheriff’s department to test drones for search and rescue

Riverside County plans to test the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, to enhance its search-and-rescue operations, particularly in the San Jacinto Mountain...
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