The California Highway Patrol San Gorgonio Pass Area has closed Interstate 10 eastbound at Haugen-Lehmann Way due to mudslides within California Highway Patrol Indio’s Area. All Interstate 10 eastbound traffic is being turned around traffic at Haughen-Lehmann Way. This closure will last for an unknown duration.  Northbound Highway 111 is also closed due to mudslides….

For 2014 and 2015, sections of the Pacific Crest Trail damaged by the Mountain Fire in July 2013 remain closed. The closure, from Cedar Springs Trail (mile 162.5) north to South Ridge Trail (mile 178), had forced hikers to walk beside Highway 74 to Mountain Center then on Highway 243 into Idyllwild. In certain sections…

At the Oct 18 meeting of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, Ordinance 927.1 (Regulating Short Term Rentals [STRs]) and Ordinance 671.22 (Consolidated fees for land use) were finally approved without any new requests for the planning staff to make further revisions. The board also accepted the report on the current STR moratorium and set…