The culvert work projects on highways 243 and 74 have a tentative completion date of mid-October 2020. If you experience delays beyond 30 minutes, contact Caltrans public affairs at 909-383-4631.
Reminder about Caltrans’ culvert work
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The culvert work projects on highways 243 and 74 have a tentative completion date of mid-October 2020. If you experience delays beyond 30 minutes, contact Caltrans public affairs at 909-383-4631.
All evacuations have been lifted for the Ribbon Fire in the Pinyon Pines/Ribbonwood area after a wildfire broke out sometime after 11 a.m. Thursday. The fire is 200 acres and 60 percent contained as of about 8 a.m. Saturday. Mandatory evacuations are still in place for the Cranston Fire burning around Idyllwild and Mountain Center.
A Palm Springs man died on a hiking trail in the Mt. San Jacinto State Park Wilderness Friday, Aug. 10. Sean Planck, 50, died at 6:48 p.m., according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, on Wellman Divide Trail just north of the Pacific Crest Trail. A sheriff’s helicopter flew the body out of the area,…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission selected Patrick Reitz, formerly the fire chief and emergency services director for the City of Sheridan, Wyo., as the next Idyllwild fire chief. Reitz will begin service Aug. 1. The vote was 4-0. Commissioner Jerry Buchanan was absent. He was laid off from this position in February 2012. He…
Early voting for the Nov. 4 General Election will be available at four locations in Riverside County. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24 through Sunday, Oct 26, voters may cast their ballots at the Galleria at Tyler in Riverside on the first floor in front of Forever 21, the Westfield Palm…
Weather — winds, temperatures and precipitation — plays a critical role in fire behavior and predictions. The recent wet and cold winter and spring may have delayed the arrival of the traditional late-spring fire season, but fire agencies are expecting it to begin before June ends. By the end of summer it could develop into…
Thursday, March 28, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)issued a proposed decision on how large investor-owned utilities maybill for electricity in California. A hearing for this proposed decisionis scheduled for the CPUC’s May 9 business meeting. If approved, the newrate structure will go into effect in late 2025 and early 2026. But in the past…