Unlike the 2015-16 El Niño, May flowers are expected to appear as forecasted. The anticipated blossoms will create a rainbow on the Hill, despite the winter temperatures and snow last week. Last week, the final April showers fell throughout the area, preparing the vegetation for spring. Nearly 0.6 inches fell at the U.S. Forest Service’s…

Riverside County Waste Management Department will hold a household hazardous waste collection day on Saturday, May 19. From 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., Hill residents may bring household hazardous waste to the entrance of the County Yard on Marantha Drive. Deposits will be limited to five gallons of liquid waste or 50 pounds of solid…

Trouble may be ahead for future budgets  The current Riverside County budget is expected to end the year (June 30) with a $22 million deficit. County Executive George Johnson shared the news with the Board of Supervisors at the meeting Tuesday, May 7. He also noted that the deficit will grow next year, FY 2019-20,…

If you drive and text, talk (without a hands-free device) or tweet, you’re in trouble. And, that trouble now extends to riding a bicycle, if Governor Jerry Brown signs Senate Bill 28 into law, cyclists can also be cited. “Distracted driving” is already against state law, but distracted bicycling had not been. Original legislation that…

Last week, Riverside County’s registrar of voters began mailing about 880,000 sample ballots and information pamphlets for the consolidated primary election on June 3. Material in the pamphlet is intended to help voters make informed choices. Voters may mark their selections on the sample ballot and use it as a guide to help them complete…