Yes, it was cold last week. Record-setting cold temperatures shattered several previous daytime record lows. For three consecutive days, Tuesday to Thursday, Feb. 22 to 24, the daytime maximum temperature was the lowest in years. But by Friday and over the weekend, the “Ice Age” began to fade. It all began Tuesday, Feb. 22. The…

At its March 11 meeting, the Riverside Board of Supervisors approved a 45-day temporary moratorium on new STRs within the unincorporated areas of Thousand Palms, and B Bar H Ranch. Planning Director John Hildebrand provided the Board with a report on the situation in these two desert communities and concluded with a request for the…

The Hemet Unified School District (HUSD) budget for FY 2019/20 was approved on June 16 and is projected to run the district $8.8 million into the red. The $303.7-million budget is an $18-million increase from last year’s $285.7 million budget. The largest increase, $9.2 million, is for the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and another…