Local restaurateur Luis Solis Delgado, 44, of Idyllwild, was arraigned in Riverside County Superior Court Tuesday, May 2. The Southwest Detention Center had set bail at $4 million but the district attorney’s (DA) office recommended $1 million and later filed for an increase to $5 million. Judge Timothy F. Freer approved this request. Solis Delgado…

For next fiscal year, which begins July 1, Gov. Jerry Brown has recommended a $200 million increase for the Cal Fire budget. The agency’s total would be $2.1 billion compared to $1.9 billion in fiscal 2015-16. The increased funding will support a proposed staffing increase of nearly 750 positions. About 650 positions will be for…

The consequences of last week’s Appellate Court decision to uphold the lower court decision rejecting San Juan Capistrano’s tiered water rates because the method of deriving the costs was inconsistent with Proposition 218 are still ricocheting around the state. Locally, the effect of the decision has not been felt. General managers for Fern Valley and…