Jay Orr, the assistant executive office, will become the next Riverside County executive officer. Members of the Board of Supervisors made the selection during closed session, the board of supervisors voted 4-1, with Supervisor Jeff Stone dissenting, to appointed Orr to the position. He succeeds interim CEO Larry Parish, who has filled the position since…

Poll workers are needed at voting locations throughout Riverside County for the June 7 presidential primary election. No experience is required and the Registrar of Voters Office will provide training. Poll workers must attend a training class to familiarize themselves with election procedures and prepare to assist voters when the polls open at 7 a.m….

As directed in Gov. Edmund Brown Jr.’s November executive order, the State Water Resources Control Board has drafted a revised set of emergency regulations to create water savings during the drought. SWRCB issued its initial regulations in March 2015, but in November, when Brown issued a new executive order, he extended the urban water use…

With little debate, the Riverside County supervisors recently approved spending $18 million in a search to save a hundred million or more. County Executive Officer Jay Orr warned the board in January that the fiscal year 2016-17 budget, which begins July 1, would suffer from a $90- to $100-million deficit. Some of this spending is…