Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Chuck Washington, Temecula city councilman and mayor pro-tem, to fill the vacant 3rd District seat on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors Wednesday afternoon, March 4. Washington, 62, took his seat on the board at the Tuesday meeting, March 10. Washington will be the sole Democrat on the board. Prior to…

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will close for its annual maintenance period Monday, Sept. 8. The reopening is tentatively scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. Maintenance projects this year include exchanging a tram car’s carriage (done every six years); load testing; emergency system testing; and cleaning, refurbishing and painting various locations throughout the Valley…

The California measles outbreak that began in December 2014 is over, Dr. Karen Smith, director of the California Department of Public Health and state health officer, announced Friday, April 17. However Senate Bill 277, which would eliminate the personal-belief exemption currently allowing parents to opt their child out of vaccines, encountered significant opposition last week…