Eric Cadden from the County Emergency Management Department encouraged locals to sign up for Alerts at RivCoReady.org. The service will send address-specific evacuation warnings and orders to your cell phone, even if you are not at home. He also recommended Genasys Protect, an app which you can download to your phone or visit with a…

The San Bernardino National Forest has been busy with prescribed burns on the mountain since December. The agency is taking advantage of the good weather conditions “safe for prescribed fire to burn slash piles made from vegetation thinned from the National Forest,” according to the press release.  Smoke and flames may be visible on and…