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Emma reacts to a Southern Pacific rattlesnake seen here at lower left, as Natural Solutions trainer Erick Briggs handles the dog’s response during Rattlesnake Aversion Training held Saturday Aug. 13 at the Idyllwild Community Center site. Photo by Cid Castillo

So, you own a business on the Hill that is open to the public. Or you own a business building. Maybe both. Who is responsible for compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990? Idyllwild was recently visited by David Kelly, a privately employed certified access specialist — an ADA compliance expert. Kelly, a…
In the past month, there have been an unusual number of health alerts and warnings in California. They tend to be limited to the State, and none have occurred in Riverside County. As a safeguard, readers should be aware of what is occurring in the State. Whooping Cough As of the end of September, 1,744…
Another power outage affecting the town business area and many residential neighborhoods is planned between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 16. Several smaller and limited outages have also occurred since the April outage, which affected much of the local area, including Pine Cove. “We are putting in equipment to make the substation more…
On Wednesday, March 12, Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, took major steps to deregulate environmental protection rules. In 31 separate actions, Zeldin announced proposed changes or modifications to how EPA will address future major environmental issues such as coal plants, electric vehicles and clean water. “Today is the greatest day of deregulation…
Next week, from Monday, Jan. 28 through Friday, Feb. 1, Highway 243, near Twin Pines, south of Banning and north of Lake Fulmor, will be one lane of traffic and traffic delays should be expected for those five days. . Cal Trans announced that maintenance crews will begin a rock scaling operation along Hwy….
Members of the Riverside County Mountain Rescue Unit helped an exhausted and stranded Pacific Crest Trail hiker to safety. Robert Davis, a 70-year old hiker, from Winchester, Tennessee, was on his first Pacific Crest Trail trek and after a month on the trail, he began to experience fatigue, dehydration and weariness. By Thursday, May 1,…