County Board votes against paying for Sherriff’s private lawyer
By JP Crumrine
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco
At its April 14 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted against hiring an outside counsel to defend County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s department in lawsuits with State Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Department of Justice. The Board had met in closed session to hear four litigative issues involving the AG and the Sheriff….
The consequences of last week’s Appellate Court decision to uphold the lower court decision rejecting San Juan Capistrano’s tiered water rates because the method of deriving the costs was inconsistent with Proposition 218 are still ricocheting around the state. Locally, the effect of the decision has not been felt. General managers for Fern Valley and…
As we welcome fall, it’s time to welcome back two traditional mountain community events that have been put on by the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) for the past several years. The first is Idyllwild’s annual Great Pumpkin Carnival. With no sidewalks, few streetlights, and many second homes, door-to-door trick-or-treating isn’t done much on the Hill….
“Rick Barker is sick with the flu!” wrote Chris Singer, the organizer of the ICC Speaker Series. “We are having to cancel the Speakers Series tonight. We will reschedule for another time.” Barker may speak next month, but no final plans have been made yet, according to Singer. “It seems there are a lot of…
The 1949 to 1953 Town Criers are now available on the GenealogyBank.com website. Access requires a subscription to the website.
Based on well levels and a higher level of contaminants in the creek water, Fern Valley Water District General Manager Victor Jimenez made the decision to go into Stage 3 mandatory water restrictions effective Monday, Sept. 20. In August 2020, FVWD relied on just 35.5% of groundwater as a source. In August 2021, that number…
