Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigators with the Narcotics Task Force eradicated about 1,800 marijuana plants Sgt. Joe Pemberton said Friday morning. The plants were discovered growing west of Lake Hemet, near the dam.   Investigator Ken Thrum led the eradication. He said it was a small grow, compared to most, and that it was…

“You have to bring your own water up there,” said Charles Phelan. “It is a valuable service that towers are still staffed. I know we have caught stuff that could have gotten out of control had we not spotted it.” Phelan has been a volunteer at the Tahquitz Peak Fire Lookout for six years. He…

The board of supervisors will consider major changes to Riverside County’s procedures for regulating temporary events (Ordinance 348, section XIX) at an upcoming meeting. A draft ordinance has been prepared and Planning Department staff intend to present it to the board at its Oct. 19 meeting. Since the section for temporary events is three pages…

Local restaurateur Luis Solis Delgado, 44, of Idyllwild, went before the Riverside County Superior Court last Friday for his preliminary hearing. According to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, “This is not a trial — but it is a hearing at which the judge determines if there is sufficient evidence to require the defendant to…