Caltrans District 8 posted the following video about the boulder that fell on Highway 243 on Sunday night, Jan. 10. closing the road for about three days.
Caltrans shares video of boulder removal
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Caltrans District 8 posted the following video about the boulder that fell on Highway 243 on Sunday night, Jan. 10. closing the road for about three days.
Only 19 retailer and 50 cultivation permits will be issued this year Riverside County will see a change in the profile of licensed businesses in its unincorporated areas. A limited number of cannabis cultivation, commercial cannabis retail sales and microbusiness permits will be issued after “interested parties” complete a preregistration process, and then complete a request for proposal. …
Forest Service fire crews are planning to burn approximately 400 to 600 acres near Lake Hemet during the week of April 15. The Bonita Vista Burn is dependent upon weather and conditions and would occur throughout the week. Smoke and flames will be visible to residents and motorists along Highway 74 in Garner Valley as…
On Thursday, Oct. 4, Hemet Unified School District Superintendent Christi Barrett provided her second “State of District” to stakeholders from throughout HUSD. Over the next five years, Barrett sees more changes bringing improvement to the district from the foundation being built in the past two years. HUSD encompasses nearly 650 square miles, but Barrett wants…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Aug. 27 to Sept. 2. Idyllwild • Aug. 27 — 911 call from business, 1:54 a.m., 26000 block of Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy. • Aug. 27 — Alarm call, 3:27 p.m., Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy….
Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit volunteers located a hiker missing for six days. At the time he was found on Saturday, Nov. 12, about 3 ½ miles off South Ridge Trail, the hiker was severely dehydrated and malnourished, having gone most of the time he was missing without water or food. “Given his condition at the…
We’re well into our second year of COVID, and it seems the pandemic may be at least in the beginning stages of winding down.Major thanks are again in order to the essential workers in our community who keep on serving the public, risking their own health in the process. These folk staff our health centers,…