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Dr. Raul Ruiz appears to have defeated six term incumbent Mary Bono Mack to become the Hill’s new congressional representative. With some ballots still to be counted, Ruiz holds a narrow lead, approximately 5,000 votes, and appears poised to become the representative of the new 36th Congressional district, which also now has a very slight…
Phyllis Mueller has long served as caretaker for the Idyllwild Christmas sequoia — coordinating and often providing water, mulch, arborist spray and prayers — coordinating with arborist John Huddleston who volunteered his professional time to assist Mueller’s efforts to save the tree. “The tree has made improvement this year over last,” said Mueller, who founded…
Riverside County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer has announced that early voting for the Nov. 8 consolidated general election will be available leading up to election day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through this Friday, Nov. 4, and Monday, Nov. 7, at the Registrar of Voters office. Voting there also is available from 9…
A solo-vehicle collision occurred on Highway 74 last week, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier. On June 23 at 2 p.m. Pepper Louise Cramar, 57 of Mountain Center, was driving a gray 2011 Volkswagen Jetta east on Highway 74 west of Springcrest Drive at a stated speed of 45-55 mph…
On Thursday, Sept. 14, deputies from the Riverside Sheriff’s Hemet Station arrested Brian Dustin Vowell,36, of Idyllwild for some of the recent burglaries. After extensive investigation of recent burglaries on Hotei Lane, investigators identified Vowell was a suspect. Thursday afternoon, deputies arrested Vowell for residential burglaries, a felony.
“The governor’s budget proposal reflects a budget situation that is even better than our estimates,” wrote the Legislative Analyst’s Office in its comments on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2019-20 budget proposal, which was released Jan. 10. The LAO noted that the majority of the $20.6 billion of increased spending was being proposed for debt repayment, reserves…
