Fern Valley Water District Board Member Mike LaFata resigned at the end of the Board’s Feb. 20 meeting. He felt that his colleagues did not share his sense of detailed “fiduciary duty.” During his 14 months as a director, LaFata mostly concentrated his attention on reviewing the District’s monthly expenditures, especially the credit card charges….
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is seeking to become the next Governor of California. At a launch party for his Republican nomination, Monday, Feb. 17, Bianco said, “I am running for Governor of our beautiful state which I absolutely love because our head is heading down the wrong track and has been for years.” Gov….
The latest atmospheric river has finally offered some precipitation to the Hill communities. The fall and early winter drought is being slightly relieved. Last week, through Friday at noon the National Weather Service reported 4.1 inches of rain fell in Idyllwild from Wednesday through Friday. The Keenwild Ranger Station recorded 4.06 inches of rain during…
California’s Insurance Commissioner Richardo Lara has declined to immediately approve State Farm General’s request for an emergency rate increase. Instead, in a letter to SFG officials, including Dan Krause, President and Chief Executive Officer of SFG, Lara requested that they, along with representatives from Consumer Watchdog, an intervenor to the SFG request, meet with him…
In December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act. But that action may be too late for the venerable and beautiful creature. On Jan. 30, the Xerces Society, which has organized survey counts of the Monarch for the past…
“Seasonal influenza activity remains elevated and continues to increase across the country,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb.1. One week later, on Feb. 8, the CDC reported the news was similar, “. . . this season is now classified as a high severity season overall and for all age groups…
Last week, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that he had approved a request from the State’s FAIR Plan to augment its funding. “I took this necessary consumer protection action with one goal in mind: the FAIR Plan must pay claims just like any other insurance company,” Lara said in his press release. “. ….
Jeff Gonzalez, the Republican candidate, defeated his Democratic opponent, Jose “Joey” Acuna, by 5 % of the vote in the November election. Gonzalez succeeds Eduardo Garcia as the representative for Assembly District 36, which includes southeast Riverside County (including Garner Valley and Anza) and portions of Imperial and San Bernardino counties. Similarly to AD 47,…
“The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and your deputies have not, are not and will not engage in any type of immigration enforcement,” said Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco on a YouTube video posted on Feb. 6 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=7najc2EBaLo). Bianco spoke out personally after the Board of Supervisors debated and passed a resolution two days earlier. The…
Rising wildfire costs drive insurance giant to request steep premium hikes State Farm General Insurance has requested that the California Department of Insurance grant a 22% rate increase due to the magnitude and devastation of the recent wildfires last month in Los Angeles County. SFG made the request in a Feb. 3 letter to California’s…
