New law amends state fire prevention fee
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation last week that specifies the state’s fire prevention fee will be applied to “habitable structures.” The current law simply...
Enterovirus confirmed in teen
Health officials have confirmed Riverside County’s first case of a potentially serious respiratory illness in a teenager from southwest Riverside County. From mid-August to...
Vote by mail ballots on the way
The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has begun mailing nearly half a million vote-by-mail ballots. Monday, Oct. 6, was the first day ballots for...
Riverside and San Bernardino county supervisors meet
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, the Boards of Supervisors for Riverside and San Bernardino counties held a joint meeting to discuss several issues affecting both...
Perhaps some drought relief in sight
The summer’s rainstorms had little effect on drought conditions and current weather is unlikely to end the drought conditions this fall, although some relief...
Open seat for Secretary of State
The office of California Secretary of State oversees state elections, keeps the state’s key documents and the state archives, and implements electronic filing and...
Ruiz and Nestande to face off
U.S. Rep. Raul Ruiz and Assemblyman Brian Nestande have agreed to a televised debate.
The one-hour event will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct....
Kashkari endorses Garcia for SD 28
Nov. 4 is the general election and one of the tightest races pits Republicans Bonnie Garcia and Jeff Stone against each other for the...
Proposition 45 supporters/opposition
Proposition 45 proposes to give the California insurance commissioner the right to approve changes to health insurance rates or “anything else affecting the charges...
Warning: Consumption of game meat shot with lead ammo may be hazardous to your...
By Tom Paulek
Editor’s note: Tom Paulek of Idyllwild was a California Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist for 28 years. During that...