For the first time since November 2012, the County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee met, approving up to $28,000 to purchase fire hydrants for the community. At the end of fiscal year 2012-13 (June 30, 2013), CSA 38 had nearly $610,000 in its coffers. The current balance remains the same, said Bill Brown,…

A review of the value to separate the Riverside County Coroner’s Officefrom the Sheriff’s Department concluded that the change would notaddress the concerns and issues the public raised last fall and wouldadd to the county’s cost. The board of supervisors unanimously concurredand approved the report. The report determined, “If the duties of the Sheriff, Coroner,…

Reaction to the long-term consequences of the recent Mountain and Silver fires has varied. While all were uniformly glad that no lives were lost and the property damage limited, how the burnt areas will affect future fire threats and how those threats can be lessened is still being debated. The Mountain Fire was substantially larger…