The 2018 election is 18 months away, but Democratic Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz already has $1.3 million available to use. That is only $300,000 less cash than he had in September 2016, six weeks away from the election. The total includes money left over from his 2016 campaign. He has received about $365,000 from individuals…
Editor’s note: This was taken from a Riverside County news release. Riverside County Executive Officer Jay Orr will retire Aug. 31, five years after taking over as the county’s top administrator. Orr helped navigate Riverside County through the tail-end of the nation’s worst recession in more than half a century, and into a slow recovery…
The Idyllwild Water District is tentatively moving forward on a project to replace pipelines from Bicknell and Reed lanes along Marian View Drive and also Cedar Street. At the request of Director Steve Kunkle at last week’s meeting, the board postponed a decision on awarding a contract to Albert A. Webb and Associates, who designed…
Two non-injury, single-vehicle traffic incidents occurred on Hill roads last week. At 11:45 a.m. Thursday, April 20, Joe Gutierrez, 26, of Riverside, was driving a red 1998 GMC Sierra west on Highway 74, two-tenths of a mile west of Fobes Ranch Road, when his vehicle veered to the left, crossed over the double-yellow line and…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 16 to 22. Idyllwild • April 16 — Unlawful entry, 9:36 p.m. Hemstreet Pl. Handled by deputy. • April 17 — Harassing phone calls, 3:24 p.m. Address withheld. Handled by deputy. • April 17 — Two follow-ups,…
No one responded to last week’s question posed by the Idyllwild Area Historical Society board. I assume it was so named because it is a sharp, hairpin, deadly curve. Many traffic collisions have occurred on that stretch of Highway 243.
An anger is casting a shadow of polarization across this country. It didn’t roll in overnight. It slowly descended on us while we were sleeping. It inspires people to take to the streets, sometimes peacefully, sometimes violently. Neighbors and longtime friends find it hard to talk about it. They fear igniting passions that will shred…
Editor: … who think that bagging your dog’s poop then leaving it on the side of the hiking trail is OK: No. It’s not OK. If you refuse to be a responsible pet owner and carry it out yourself, bury it without bagging it. Don’t bag it and leave it. What in the world are…
Editor: The championship sporting events listed have changed over the decades. The 1903 World Series had eight games. Before the Super Bowl, there were championship games between the AFL and NFL. The number of teams has increased, the number of games has changed. Adding wild card teams and playoff games has made the events what…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats welcomed two new cats and two new dogs. Bobbie: I’ll tell ya, dogs are flying outta here faster than mice at a cat convention! Audrey: Gemma and Charlie? Where’d they go? Bobbie: Adopted. Boom! Just like that. Pepper: I watched Gemma meet her new dad….
