Last of seven Beaumont officials to plead guilty Joseph Aklufi, 71, former Beaumont city attorney, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor (Gov. Code sec. 1222) in the case charging him with embezzlement of funds from the city of Beaumont. Aklufi, the former legal counsel for Idyllwild Water District, was arrested in May 2016, along with six…

The application for an alteration to a designated historic property under the purview of the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District’s Local Review Board is available through the Riverside County Planning Department and online at the department’s “Forms and Applications” page. It is listed alphabetically. Go to “h” and select “Historic District Alteration Permit.” Or go directly…

By JP Crumrine Correspondent At its Sept. 12 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an initial three-year contract with TELE911 that will allow the county’s emergency response agencies real-time telemedicine evaluation. Several months ago, in response to a county jury report on hospital transfer time, the county Emergency Medical Services Agency (EMS)…