In a statewide move, Caltrans announced Tuesday, April 5. it would provide road condition, repair and potential closure information on state roads to Waze, the user-fed real-time traffic app. According to the Mountain View, California-based company, Waze has more than 1.7 million active users per month in the Los Angeles metro area contributing more than…

U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell announced last week that the agency will begin night helicopter wildfire suppression operations this season in Southern California. “The re-introduction of Forest Service night helicopter firefighting operations in Southern California further establishes the agency’s commitment to protect lives and property in the region,” said Tidwell in a press release….

A new dispatch system for emergency medical calls is on the horizon in Riverside County. At a workshop last week, the Board of Supervisors listened to staff and the public discuss changes needed to implement the new system. “We are interested in becoming the system that’s the model,” said County Emergency Services Director Bruce Barton….

Despite the popular concept that national politics, especially in the hallways of the U.S. Congress, is clogged with the goo of partisanship, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Energy and Natural Resources defies that image. Last week, the committee, led by Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), held a hearing on…