Agencies fully staffed and ready for incidents Fire season has begun and local firefighters are already pulling hoses and cutting brush to protect the Hill from a rash of fires. Consequently, the June Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting, which usually has a large attendance to coordinate the approaching fire season, had a less-than-normal attendance last…

“He responds more to Dave than ‘David’,” said David Bradish, whose father ‘Dave’ Bradish has been missing from his Idyllwild home for more than a week. Monday afternoon, Nov. 26, Dave, 80, left his home and has not been seen since then. That afternoon, Dave and Linda, his wife of 58 years, were sitting on…

Committee to explore options and costs in 2019 In California, the 2018 gubernatorial election is over and the results have been certified at both the county and state levels. Nevertheless, the ballot counting took weeks to complete, frustrating many. Except for one supervisor race, Riverside County did not experience the sudden and, sometimes, unexpected reversal…