Starting Friday, Aug. 30, Highway 74 will be open 24/7 with the pilot car. Caltrans expects to fully open the road with major projects completed by late September to early October. At that point, there will be some flagging during the daytime work hours for smaller projects. Starting Nov. 1, Highway 243 will be open…

Riverside County District Attorney (DA) Mike Hestrin, along with 24 other DAs throughout California, announced that Feb. 1, a judge in San Joaquin County ordered Tesla Inc. to pay $1.5 million as part of a settlement of a civil environmental prosecution alleging the electric car company mishandled hazardous waste at its car service centers, energy…

  Richard Schnetzer will be the next Fern Valley Water District director. The board selected Schnetzer last week to fill the vacant seat due to Ron Korman’s June resignation. In September, the board established a committee to review the applications from Schnetzer and Chad Taylor. At Friday’s meeting, Wix told his colleagues, “I think we…

Caltrans will be making road repairs on Highway 243 from mile post marker 1 to 5.25 near the Forest Service to near Point of Rocks Drive this week. One-way traffic control on the highway  will occur from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, July 8 to 10. Caltrans will be installing recessed pavement…