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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors submitted a 22-page response with attachments to the county grand jury’s May report critical of the board’s awarding Community Improvement Designation funds to local nonprofits.
California Highway Patrol reported two collisions last week, each involving solo vehicles. At 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, Quiarra Zahque, 19, of Surprise, Arizona, was driving a blue 2002 Pontiac Aztek westbound on Highway 74, 1/4 mile west of May Valley Road, when she drove the vehicle off the right side of the dirt shoulder,…
As of April 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s current seven-day national moving average of daily new COVID cases was 25,596, which is sa 4.9% increase over the previous seven-day moving average. The Omicron variants now account for virtually all new cases in the U.S., and a total of 80,111,065 COVID-19 cases…
Annexation of properties into sewer system deferred General Manager Jack Hoagland told the Idyllwild Water District board that he has ordered equipment to eliminate the organic matter apparently in the district’s Foster Lake water. Once installed, this should result in reducing the disinfection by-products, which are produced from the chlorine’s interaction with the organic matter. “It…
Jerry Holldber, general manager of Pine Cove Water District, clears boulders off Highway 243 as Pine Cove Engine 23 stands guard. Photo by Becky Smith
Tuesday evening, Sept. 11, around 7 p.m., two Pine Cove residents discovered a body near Highway 243 and Jameson Dr. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was investigating. They call for a coroner’s official.