The Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors met last Friday and discussed future capital expenditures and the approval of a candidate for the California Special Districts Association Board of Directors. Under consideration is construction to expand the board meeting room and the replacing of district field trucks. Director Robert Krieger led the discussion regarding…

Although the total Riverside County budget exceeds $5.5 billion, the Board of Supervisors has direct and authoritative control over less than 20 percent. For fiscal year 2018-19, which begins in less than a month, the “discretionary” portion of spending will be $799.5 million. Regardless of whether one looks at the total county budget, the general…

Two University of California, Riverside, students attempting to scale a difficult climbing route called Fingertrip on Tahquitz Rock in Idyllwild, encountered equipment difficulties and became stranded on a narrow rock ledge halfway up the monolith’s face.   Climbers Brian Wong and David Wilmer began their Sunday, Oct. 21, climb around midday. About seven hours later,…