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A woman from the Coachella Valley has tested positive for the Zika virus and health officials say the woman contracted the illness during her travels. The woman is the second travel-associated confirmed Zika case in Riverside County, according to Riverside University Health System-Public Health. The first case involved a 50-year-old man who had recently traveled…
Editor’s note: Dr. Raul Ruiz, our congressman-elect, participated in a telephone interview, Friday, Dec. 14, just weeks before he will be sworn into office as the representative of California’s 36th Congressional District, in which the Hill is located. We discussed the campaign, in which he upset incumbent Mary Bono Mack, and his views and feelings…
After the California Public Utilities Commission approved an opt-out plan for Pacific Gas & Electric, the state’s other utilities, including Southern California Edison, submitted cost proposals for providing their own opt-out plans ..
In January, when he announced his proposed fiscal year 2018-19 budget, Gov. Jerry Brown also promised to create a task force of foresters and scientists to address the growing threat of wildfires in California. This announcement was only a few months after the harrowing and devastating series of wildfires that burned hundreds of thousands of…
According to a Riverside County Fire press release, a structure fire completely destroyed a metal frame three-car garage as well as the two vehicles and a horse trailer inside, as well as a Connex trailer next to the structure on Wednesday night in Anza. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Monday morning, the Incident Management Team reported the size of the Cranston Fire is 13,139 acres. It has grown nine acres over night and containment remains, as reported Sunday evening, at 57 percent. “It was a good night, pulled hose in alpha and bravo,” said Operation Chief Chris Childers during the morning briefing. “It’s looking…