

Hemet-Ryan displays firefighting aircraft
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On Friday, Oct. 14, CAL FIRE invited the media to the Hemet-Ryan Air Attack base. Many of the air attack vehicles were available for photographs and touring. At left is a Bell Helicopter with a 360-gallon capacity and its bucket (on right), which can scoop another 324 gallons.


Topics for the remaining 2016 meetings were discussed at last week’s Mountain Emergency Services Committee session. Kathleen Henderson, the Riverside County emergency services coordinator for the mountain, recommended several subjects familiar to local emergency officials. The March agenda will discuss “vector control” or mosquito habitat. The past two years have seen headlines about infectious diseases…
The 2012 race for the 36th Congressional District is still more than six months away, but the competition for campaign money and the public’s perception of the candidates— Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack and her Democratic challenger, Dr. Raul Ruiz — is already intense.
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Recreation to develop an action plan to increase revenues and collection of unpaid user fees at state parks, while maintaining the character and values of the state park system. The bill establishes a State Park Enterprise Fund. The fund’s monies will be held in trust and used exclusively for construction and installation of new…
On March 25, California’s Little Hoover Commission issued a report urging a new operating model. Failure to take action would continue the trend of declining commitment and vision for the state’s historic and recreation sites, the commission warned Gov. Jerry Brown. The 122-page report, “Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California’s State Park System,” which outlines…