By JP Crumrine Correspondent             On Wednesday and early Thursday, 60,000 more votes were counted in Riverside County. Consequently, several races are drawing closer. But Riverside County still has more than 250,000 ballots to count.              The most recently counted votes tended toward the Republican candidates. How many uncounted ballots are from each district is unknown.             For…

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order intended to mitigate utility rate increases and possibly find ways to reduce these rates. In his order, Newsome directed four different agencies, all of whom have some role in overseeing state utilities, to investigate possible efforts to help utility customers save money in the…

About 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, a structure fire was reported in the 52900 block of Fern Land Drive in Pine Cove. Cal Fire reported that a 2 1/2-story home and about a half-acre of vegetation were involved. Cal Fire (Station 23), along with firefighters from the San Bernardino National Forest’s San Jacinto Ranger District…