The grand opening of Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz’s new Palm Desert office is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 31. The office is located at 43875 Washington Street, Suite F. The Indio and Palm Springs offices have been consolidated into the Palm Desert location. Constituents are invited to visit the new office location and meet Ruiz and…

The Hemet Unified School District board unanimously approved an agreement with the Hemet Teachers Association for fiscal year 2012-2013. No proposed teacher or staff reductions were part of the agreement or the district’s tentative budget for the next fiscal year. The agreement continues the 178-day school year, a six-day reduction from the normal 184 days….

By Riverside County Department of Waste ResourcesContributed The holiday season always ends with plenty of returns and your Christmas tree is no exception. Return your natural Christmas tree to the ground it grew in by dropping it off at a Riverside County landfill to be recycled into a nutrient-rich soil amendment.  Through the free Christmas…

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…