The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources will make good, reusable household products available for free to residents through the new sustainable Materials Reuse Program. Many products collected through the Household Hazardous Waste Collection program are in good or unused condition, and can be reused instead of processed for disposal. Residents can take home partially…

Firefighters have extinguished a car fire in a turnout 5 miles east of Cranston reported at 2:55 p.m. The highway is still closed, however. American Medical Response responded to a report that the car’s owner had burned his hands.

Directors of the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce are considering liquidating a Chamber asset, Harmony, the town monument, to pay for legal fees and costs incurred to defend the Chamber board. Directors say the lawsuits are baseless and grudge-motivated. In August, monument creator David Roy filed a lawsuit claiming unpaid fees. He subsequently refiled a nearly…