Fire Safe Council presents CWPP to public About one month after the Manzanita Fire, which started near Lambs Canyon and burned east towards Poppet Flat, and during the Rose Fire in western Riverside County, few residents attended the meeting to discuss the local fire prevention plan. But those who did learned a lot about the…

A prospective Idyllwild business was on the agenda for the Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting last week. The board was being asked to “…make a determination of public convenience and necessity” for granting a state Department of Alcohol, Beverage and Control license to an Idyllwild business. Cal ABC regulations limit the number of licenses…

Gov. Edmund Brown last Friday signed legislation sponsored by a state senate Republican to increase penalties for committing arson in California. Assembly Bill 930 extends the current sunset provisions until January 2019. They expired on Jan. 1, 2014. It will also increase the value of property damage from $6.5 million to $7 million. Re-instating the…