On Tuesday, Jan. 10, three supervisors and the new county auditor-controller were sworn into office at the beginning of the first Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting for 2023. Following that, new board officers were elected. Supervisors Karen Spiegel (2nd District) and V. Manuel Perez (4th District), who were unopposed, and Yxstian Gutierrez (5th District),…

Saturday, Sept. 10, Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP) will mount a “boots on the ground” simulation of the aftermath of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, with an epicenter 2.2 miles east of Banning, in the Pass area. At 9 a.m., MDP will announce over its radio and email systems and through the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services…

California Highway Patrol and Riverside County Fire Department/Cal Fire have responded to two traffic collisions Wednesday morning on Highway 74 below Mountain Center at mile post marker 56 near the Vista Point. At about 7:50 a.m., a pickup truck towing a trailer slid off the roadway with the trailer causing a road hazard. A gray…

By Becky Clark Editor The Riverside County Coroner’s Office reported that Fred Robles, 45, of Idyllwild, was found dead in a ravine near Highway 243 about 0.4 miles south of Westley Street in Banning Wednesday, Nov. 1. It was unknown when Robles died. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said the cause of death was blunt…