During the Pine Cove Water District’s board meeting last week, General Manager Jerry Holldber offered some options to modify the water rate increase proposal made at the March 14 meeting. Letters have notified property owners with meters within the district of a public hearing on the rate increases at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 9.

Offer escape from extreme heat Riverside County opened its Cool Centers on June 1. These are located throughout the county, and offer residents and visitors an escape from excessive heat when summer temperatures begin to climb. The centers will be available through Oct. 15 as temperatures warrant. About 50 centers (including two on the Hill)…

One minor-injury motorcycle crash occurred over the last week on Hill highways. At 12:15 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, Rodrigo Rodriguez, 24, of Redlands, was riding his 2012 white Suzuki 750 motorcycle southbound on Highway 243 just north of Round Robin Drive when, for unknown reasons, he made an unsafe turning movement and ran off the…