Witnesses testified for the prosecution at the preliminary hearing for Brandon McGlover, 32, of Temecula, who has been charged with starting the Cranston Fire in July. The hearing was for the prosecution to convince the judge that adequate evidence exists to proceed with a trial for McGlover. The Friday, Nov. 9, hearing was continued to…

Editor’s Note: in our Feb. 27 edition, we reported on the status of Raymond Lee Oyler’s appeals of his March 2009 arson and murder convictions. He was found guilty of arson, igniting the Esperanza Fire in October 2006. The jury also found him guilty of the murder of five U,S. Forest Service firefighters who died…

The relatively balmy April temperatures and sunshine replaced the dismal and turbulent March weather. The beginning of May brings another change, almost a second act. Cool weather began to return Monday. The National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts its continuation, along with some precipitation, until the end of the week and recently described the current Southern…