The Hill’s new county supervisor, Chuck Washington, former Temecula city councilman, was officially sworn into office last week. But he publicly took the oath of office at the March 10 Riverside County Board of Supervisor’s meeting. As he joins the board, Washington told the Town Crier his priorities will be public safety, the budget, job…

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has approved some major changes to its Ordinance 927.2, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” (STRs). Some of those changes include caps or limits on the number of STRs in Idyllwild (and Pine Cove) and the Wine Country. Also, there will be a minimum distance required between future new STRs. The…

Monday afternoon, June 20, Brian Tisdale, mayor of Lake Elsinore and a member of 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington’s staff, was arrested on two misdemeanor charges — vandalism and battery on a former companion. On Tuesday, Washington’s office issued the following statement, “On Monday afternoon (6/20) I initiated action to place my staff member, Brian…