Local author and herbalist Greg Tilford is starting a series of talks inIdyllwild. He will be speaking about edible and medicinal plants ofIdyllwild and signing copies of his book Edible and Medicinal Plants ofthe West, at Speakeasy Bookmarket on Sunday September 1, at 2 p.m.Tilford, the author of five books, will also have copies of…

On Friday Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed several bills affecting the use of unmanned aircraft — drones. This included Senate Bill 168, which was unanimously passed in both the state Assembly and Senate, that would have regulated drones flying over wildfires or interfering with firefighting or emergency responders. Essentially Brown objected to the establishment of new…

Early Tuesday morning, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a critically injured man in a late model white pickup truck. Upon arriving at a westbound pullout on Highway 74 west of McCall Park Road in Mountain Center, deputies discovered 21-year-old Jamie Godfrey of Moreno Valley wounded in the vehicle. Deputies were called out…