By Tony McReynolds Maybe they think, “Hey, it’s the woods, nobody’s going to step in it.” Or, “Hey, it’ll decompose and help fertilize the ground.” Or, “Hey, bears go in the woods and nobody picks up their poop. What’s the difference?” The difference is their diet. Bears don’t eat commercial dog food (unless they’ve stumbled…

At 6 under par, Idyllwild native Brendan Steele is tied for the lead with Cameron Davis at the halfway point of this week’s PGA Tour event, the Sony Open in Hawaii. Brendan has putted lights out these first two rounds, averaging gains of 3.455 strokes against the rest of the field each day just with…

Last week, the Riverside County (RC) Planning Department released for public comment a revised draft of major changes to Ordinance 927, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” (STR). The current ordinance is five pages long. The revised draft is 17 pages, more than three times the length of the existing ordinance. Among the major changes to current…

Reelected by a wide margin in last week’s primary election, Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff plans a major reboot — to resume the work of rebuilding and restructuring the department that was interrupted by the economic recession. “In 2011, when the effects of the recession were most severe, I had to focus on keeping the…