Last week, Peter Aldana, Riverside County’s assessor-county clerk-recorder, announced that the county’s total real estate assessment valuation has exceeded $400 billion for the first time. The 2023 assessment of $404 billion is $35 billion more than the 2022 total. Real estate assessments’ growth on the Hill was greater but below the countywide increase of 9.6%….

Vandals damaged and pilfered two cars at separate residences in the 54000 block of Jameson on Monday evening, Jan. 2. Both cars were parked in their owner’s home driveway, with a fair amount of ambient lighting in the area. Both cars were unlocked. At one house, vandals took items from an emergency response backpack and…