Becky Clark Editor Photo courtesy Riverside County Sheriff’s Department A grandmother visiting family in Garner Valley pleaded guilty and was convicted July 8 of willfully harming/injuring/endangering her 2-year-old granddaughter’s personal health after the grandmother left a cup of methamphetamine-laced tea unattended on a counter and the child drank some of the contents on the night…

The State Assembly’s Special Session on Petroleum and Gasoline Supplybegan last week. Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation Aug. 31 callingfor the Session. His intent was for enactment of legislation to addressfuel price spikes next year and beyond. On Sept. 21, the average cost of a gallon of gasoline in California was$4.75 compared to a…

Although the headline presentation at the monthly Mountain Emergency Services Committee meeting last week was about new California Highway Patrol-related laws, questions and heightened interest centered around weather-related issues. Caltrans was well represented at the meeting, along with a Hemet Unified School District safety representative, representatives from Mountain Disaster Preparedness and Marsha Kennedy, chair of…

Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department is in unified command with the U.S. Forest Service battling a wildfire within the near the 38000 block of Reed Valley Road near Aguanga reported at 2:14 p.m. by Red Mountain Lookout. As of 3:41 p.m., the fire was at 45 acres. It is burning at a moderate rate of…