

Semi truck loses brakes on Hwy. 243
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According to California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Murawski, Freddie Meza, 30, of Murrieta was driving north on Highway 243 near mile marker 19 at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, when he lost the breaks in his semi truck carrying concrete from a demolished building in Pine Cove. Meza plowed the truck into an embankment to stop the vehicle. Neither Meza nor his passenger, Hernan Orozco, 26, of San Bernardino, were injured in the solo traffic collision. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Cal Fire Cal Fire recently responded to the following calls by station. Station 23 – Pine Cove • June 8 — Gas leak outside, 2:55 a.m. • June 8 — Cover, 1:45 p.m. • June 8 — Smoke check – false alarm, 3:45 p.m. • June 8 — Vegetation fire, 4:19 p.m. • June 8…
The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources has scheduled a tire event in Idyllwild from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5. Residents may bring old and unwanted tires — only tires — to the county yard at 25780 Johnson Road that day. This is on the right just beyond the Idyllwild Fire Station. DWR…
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Reba Coulter got a nice surprise when she found out she had been named Riverside County 4th District Woman of the Year. “I didn’t know such a thing existed, I was totally shocked.” Coulter explains that each of the five supervisors nominated a candidate, and she was Supervisor V. Manuel Perez’s choice. The awards are…