By Jack Clark Co-publisher and General Counsel Fourteen weeks until the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Town Crier’s Membership model. You TC readers could not be more clear. You want to keep a community watchdog, warning of danger, advising of opportunity, challenging authority, praising accomplishment, investigating irregularity, marveling at art, exposing abuse, celebrating…

“Fireworks are illegal in Riverside County,” stressed County Fire Chief Daniel Talbot at a press conference last week. “Except for certain cities, they are prohibited in all other areas of the county.” Fireworks may be bought and used in the following cities: Blythe, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs and Indio. Riverside County Sheriff Stan…

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…