Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit reached two Orange County hikers, lost in the San Jacinto wilderness early in the morning of Wednesday, May 9. A Riverside County Sheriff’s Department aviation unit was unable to retrieve them because of high winds. Hikers Michael Blanc, 63, of Anaheim, and Malgurzata Domagala, 39, of Mission Viejo, had become disoriented…

At the Dec. 5 Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting, an item on the agenda asks for the county’s chief executive to examine the ramifications of separating the coroner’s office from the sheriff’s department. The recommendation came from Chair Kevin Jeffries (1st District) and Supervisor V. Manuel Perez (4th District), who joined with Jeffries on…

On Feb. 24, Jeff Allen Major of Idyllwild pleaded guilty to a felony charge for failing to register within 30 days as a transient sex offender. He had been arrested on June 19, 2015. Judge Helios Hernandez sentenced Major to 363 days in Riverside County jail and one year of probation. He will likely be…