The Riverside County Fire Department – Office of Emergency Service is conducting an Economic Loss Survey to determine the financial impact the Mountain Fire and evacuation order has had, or is having, on Idyllwild businesses. Area businesses are encouraged to complete the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Economic Injury Worksheet by clicking the link below….

65 years ago – 1949 The Will Stevensons lugged sacks of walnut hulls from their Hemet ranch to assure the squirrels a frisky Christmas.   60 years ago – 1954 Five Oceanside high school boys were lodged in Riverside juvenile hall Monday night after a shoplifting spree on the Hill.   55 years ago –…

A number of states have laws that, to varying degrees, restrict importation and transportation of firewood aimed at stopping spread of invasive species, often insects or other pests. Firewood has been shown to be an agent for transporting invasive species. Many of the states with firewood laws are in the East and Midwest, part of Emerald ash borer federally quarantined areas.

The California Office of Traffic Safety offers the following advice for children, parents and drivers for a safe Halloween: Halloween carries a double whammy of scariness, ranking as both the day with the highest number of child pedestrian deaths, and one of the holidays with the highest number of DUI deaths. The number of deaths…