The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources will make good, reusable household products available for free to residents through the new sustainable Materials Reuse Program. Many products collected through the Household Hazardous Waste Collection program are in good or unused condition, and can be reused instead of processed for disposal. Residents can take home partially…

The official name for Proposition 1 is the “Constitutional right to reproductive freedom.” The California Legislature initiated a proposal to amend the state constitution to give individuals the sole right to decide their reproductive actions — whether that is contraceptives to prevent conception or to terminate after conception. The actual language of the proposed amendment…

U.S. Forest Service participation at the Sept. 13, Mountain Area Safety Taskforce was nonexistent. Forest Service members, who normally attend the local session, were all on fire assignments outside the district and many outside the state, reported Cal Fire Forestry Division Chief Gregg Bratcher, who chaired the meeting. But those in attendance discussed threats to…