Local residents are taking steps to employ a private security firm to patrol Idyllwild late at night. This effort would augment town security as the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department budget cuts have reduced the number of deputies. At a second Town Hall meeting Monday night, Dan Hinojosa, the operation manager for Valley Forge Private Security…

Brandon McGlover, 32, of Temecula pleaded not guilty to 15 felony counts of arson, including one for damage of five or more inhabited structures, five for arson of inhabited structure/property and nine for arson of nondwelling. He h as pleaded not guilty to all counts in Riverside County Superior Court. All of the arson charges…