The Rouse Fire, which started about 1:30 p.m. yesterday, Aug. 30 near the U.S. Forest Service’s Cranston Ranger Station, was 100 percent contained as of Thursday evening, Aug. 31. The Fire’s size was estimated to be about 14 acres, according to Lee Beyer, the U.S.F.S.’s incident contact. The Fire started on the north side of…
Labor Day on the Hill has its own quintessentially small-town vibe. Although conceived as a federal holiday to acknowledge and honor the American labor movement, celebrated on the first Monday in September, the three-day weekend has morphed into an unofficial end-of-summer ritual — a last chance to vacation and party as a family before kids…
What’s in a name? Well, if the name is Shakespeare, the answer is some of the greatest, if not the greatest writing in the English language — magnificent and eloquent language with characters and plots to satisfy every appetite and attention span. Heartbreaking romances, bawdy humor, epic adventure, conniving and skullduggery, heroes, thieves and villains…
Last December, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors offered $1.2 million to the San Jacinto Mountain Community Center board toward the construction of the Idyllwild Community Center. The next step in making these funds available occurred at the board’s Aug. 29 meeting. The board’s latest actions formally adopted the environmental statements confirming that the project…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a plan to change its ordinances regarding the legality of pot, marijuana or cannabis. The immediate changes will be consistent with Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, approved last November. However, these changes are intended to “… maintain the status quo and avoid the state issuing licenses for cannabis businesses and cannabis activities in the unincorporated areas.”
The cost of water may increase and local water districts may have no role in the change. The California Assembly’s Appropriations Committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 623 last week, which would establish the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund. SB 623 authorizes a monthly 95¢ tax on drinking water. That’s for customers with…
Members of the Anza Electric Cooperative, which services Aguanga, Anza, Pinyon down to UC Riverside’s Deep Canyon Reserve, and Garner Valley to Mountain Center (covering more than 500 square miles), voted in 2015 to move forward with an ambitious project to bring “fiber-to-the-home” high-speed fiber optic internet to its member-owners. The new internet service is…
Last week, the Town Crier reported an active tuberculosis case affecting a Tahquitz High School student in Hemet. On Thursday, Aug. 17, Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser determined that tuberculosis test results from the clinic held at Tahquitz High School from approximately 150 students were within expected levels that health officials expect…
The death penalty will not be considered in the Pinyon triple murder cases. Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin filed a notice that he would not seek the death penalty if defendant Robert Pape, 29, were found guilty. In the Aug. 15 notice, Hestrin wrote “… after review of all facts and circumstances underlying the…
