Highway 243 was closed at about 12:24 a.m. Thursday after an officer-involved shooting occurred during a traffic stop off the highway in Banning. The highway from Twin Pines Road to Smith Creek in Banning was closed for many hours.The unidentified suspect shot at a Banning Police officer after the stop, striking and disabling the vehicle,…
As of Monday, Hemet Unified School District’s Dashboard reports recently (last two weeks) confirmed cases of COVID at Idyllwild School as being seven students and two staff members, which is 2.93% of its combined student/staff population — while at Hemet High, 25 students and one staff member are reported as confirmed cases, which is 1.00%…
At its meeting Tuesday, Oct. 19, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors officially appointed the Fern Valley Water District directors for 2022.All four individuals — Robert Krieger, Gary Erb, R. Jonathon Brown and Walter “Walt” Bonneau, Jr. — are currently incumbents. FVWD had scheduled a mail-in ballot election for directors Aug. 31.Since no other candidates…
Fern Valley Water District directors are considering a rebate program on rain capture barrels and formed an ad hoc committee of directors Walt Bonneau and Jon Brown to refine a proposal Bonneau submitted to the board at Friday’s meeting into a policy.The directors’ primary concern on the program is reducing the district’s potential for liability….
At the Thursday, Oct. 14 Pine Cove Water District Board of Directors meeting, General Manager Jerry Holldber announced his retirement effective Dec. 31, 2021. “It’s time, I’m tired and I’m ready to retire,” he told the board. Holldber became acting general manager of the district in May 1986 and was appointed general manager in July…
At its Oct. 19 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on the proposed revised ordinance regulating temporary events in the unincorporated areas of the county and approved them in a 5-0 vote. For nearly two years, staff from the Planning Department and County Counsel’s office have been working on changes…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors will have its second look at possible revisions to its districts’ boundaries as a result of the 2020 Census data. At the Sept. 28 meeting, the Executive Office Technical Redistricting Committee (EOTC) presented four maps of possible new boundaries to the board. In all four maps, Idyllwild and its…
On Oct. 5, the Press-Enterprise broke the story that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco admits to his former membership in the Oath Keepers, a far-right group some of whose members are being prosecuted for the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building. According to reports of the Southern California News Group, Press-Enterprise owner, Bianco…
Riverside County’s redistricting effort is moving forward. On Oct. 6, the Executive Office Technical Committee presented four draft maps to the 2021 Advisory Redistricting Commission, that the five planning commissioners composed. At the very beginning of the session, Deputy County Executive Officer and EOTC Co-Chair Rania Odenbaugh stressed that these maps were starting points for…
The board of supervisors will consider major changes to Riverside County’s procedures for regulating temporary events (Ordinance 348, section XIX) at an upcoming meeting. A draft ordinance has been prepared and Planning Department staff intend to present it to the board at its Oct. 19 meeting. Since the section for temporary events is three pages…
