Three collisions occurred on local highways over the last couple of weeks, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matt Napier.  On Aug. 14 at 5:30 p.m., Ronald Gregory Sigler, 74 of Palm Desert, was riding his white 2020 BMW R 1250 RT motorcycle eastbound on Highway 74 just west of Corrizo Road….

The dormancy of the Riverside County Fire Code Committee has not prevented County Fire Chief John Hawkins from formulating a plan to improve fire abatement on the Hill. During the Sept. 9 Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting, Hawkins announced that after reviewing County Ordinance 695 (requiring the abatement of hazardous vegetation) and the state’s Public…

Due to scheduling and a short-staffed California Highway Patrol (CHP) – San Gorgonio Pass office, the newspaper has not been able to consistently report the traffic collisions. CHP Public Information Officer Matt Napier has spent time catching the newspaper up on the traffic collisions that have occurred since May 20. This report will include collisions…

“Our water demand dropped considerably from summer,” Fern Valley Water District General Manager Steve Erler told the directors at the Nov. 21 meeting. “This is relatively consistently normal for this time of year.” While the September and October usage of 6.7 million gallons was 700,000 gallons less than the July and August consumption, it was…