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Local jurisdictions are more Republican than the state
Given the upcoming general election, while Democrats represent 44.3 percent of the registered voters in California, the local registration tilts toward Republicans. Total state registration is higher than four years ago. Republicans are 39.8 percent of total Riverside County registered voters but only 28.2 percent of the statewide electorate. Republican registrants have been declining for…
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Governor signs plastic bag bill
As expected by many, the governor signed the plastic bag bill on which the Town Crier reported last month. The law will go into effect July 1, 2015, or July 1, 2016, depending on the type of store. As the Town Crier reported, “full-line, self-service retail stores” selling “a line of dry groceries, canned goods,…
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New law amends state fire prevention fee
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation last week that specifies the state’s fire prevention fee will be applied to “habitable structures.” The current law simply says the fee applies to structures. The new language makes it clear that habitable structures are for residential use and exclude “commercial, industrial, or incidental buildings such as detached garages, barns,…
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Sports: Town Hall Soccer
Town Hall Soccer Sports Coordinator Richard Mozeleski gave this report on this season’s soccer games. Last week the soccer action was just incredible. The 4- to 5-year-old “little tykes,” as was hoped, are now scoring more with their bigger goals, and the fans are having a blast at those crazy games. In 6- to 8-year-old…
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News of Record: October 9, 2014
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Sept. 30, through Monday, Oct. 6. Idyllwild • Sept. 30 — Three medical aids. • Oct. 2 — False alarm. • Oct. 3 — Malicious, mischievous false call. • Oct. 3 — Three medical aids. • Oct. 4 — Four medical aids….
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Past Tense: October 9, 2014
65 years ago – 1949 An early October snowfall left 3 inches of snow on the ground. 60 years ago – 1954 There was dancing every Saturday night at the Pine Cove Lodge. 55 years ago – 1959 A free “trans-ocean telephone call” to Hawaii or Alaska would be offered to someone at…
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Enterovirus confirmed in teen
Health officials have confirmed Riverside County’s first case of a potentially serious respiratory illness in a teenager from southwest Riverside County. From mid-August to Oct. 7, a total of 628 people in 44 states and the District of Columbia have been confirmed to have respiratory illness caused by EV-D68, according to the federal Center for…
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Vote by mail ballots on the way
The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has begun mailing nearly half a million vote-by-mail ballots. Monday, Oct. 6, was the first day ballots for the Nov. 4 general election could be mailed. Completed ballots must be received in the Registrar of Voters office by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, to be counted in the election….
