The Goldspotted oak borer has devastated oak forests in San Diego County. In some areas, oak mortality has approached 100 percent, according to Kim Corella, forest pest specialist with Cal Fire. Experts believe the GSOB migrated from Mexico to Arizona and then hitched rides in vehicles transporting firewood to San Diego County in the early…

Riverside County Code Enforcement and Sheriff’s deputies closed two medical marijuana dispensaries Tuesday afternoon for violations of land-use codes. One is located at the corner of Highway 243 and Pine Crest Avenue, and the other is located in the Village Lane. The group arrived at both locations and found enough evidence to shut them down…

During the Sept. 10 Mountain Emergency Service Committee meeting, Kathleen Henderson, Riverside County emergency services coordinator for the mountain, discussed the work of the new Emergency Management Department that the Board of Supervisors established in May and was effective July 1. The agency has created a website (www.rivcoready.org/) to help county residents prepare and plan…