By JP Crumrine Correspondent             Election Day 2022 is over. So now we can return to normal. Not quite so fast. The results of most of the statewide races, such as governor, and the propositions are known. However, the local races such as Congress and State Assembly may not be known until the end of the…

The Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit was involved in two successful rescue efforts this weekend, both of which exemplified the problems hikers can encounter when they go off on trek without being fully prepared. The first started about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, after the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway received a call from three lost hikers….

The prospective arraignment of Robert Pape for the 2006 triple homicide in Piñyon Pines was deferred a month until June 13. This is the fourth postponement of Pape’s arraignment since his arrest in March. On the night of Sept. 17, 2006, Becky Friedli, 18, her mother, Vicki Friedli, 53, and Vickie’s boyfriend, Jon Hayward, 55,…

Monitoring of underground leakage of petroleum products is continuing near and around the Chevron Station in Idyllwild. RM Environmental Inc. of Calimesa continues to monitor the site semi-annually for the presence of various hydrocarbons. The latest results, reported last month from samples taken in December, detected total petroleum hydrocarbons and methyl-tertiary-butyl ether on the site…