And then it burned Editor’s note: We publish these accounts from the Paradise evacuation to keep friends of Johnston, Clark, Redeker and Williams updated. In December 2017, the Town Crier published an article about Pine Cove resident Jamie Johnston and her book “Following Breadcrumbs, Tales of a Rock and Roll Child.” Johnston’s book chronicled her…
Of 11 propositions on the November 2018 ballot, voters statewide approved six. Riverside County voters also approved six, but not the same six as statewide voters chose. Approved by state voters and, therefore, becoming law are: • Proposition 1 with 54.3 percent voting “yes” (bonds to fund affordable housing programs and veteran home loans); •…
Mountain Center Café’s Pearson family is extending a hand to another local family who recently lost their 15-year-old daughter in a traffic crash. Lilah Whitney lost her life in a traffic crash Sunday afternoon in Idyllwild when she was a passenger with both of her brothers in a vehicle that hit a rock. The brothers…
Registered Republicans decline statewide, but not locally Interest in the November 2018 election is high. In terms of registered voters, 19.7 million Californians have registered to vote in this election. Nearly 78.2 percent of eligible voters are registered. That is almost 11 percent or 1.9 million more registered voters than for the 2014 gubernatorial election…
Sen. Jeff Stone, R-Riverside, has applications available for the 2019-20 California Senate Fellows program. The program provides college graduates an opportunity to become full-time Senate staff members at the state capitol in Sacramento for 11 months beginning in October 2019. Fellows are assigned to the personal or committee staff of a senator and also participate in…
Spanish-speaking residents may now receive emergency-preparedness information and details about specific emergencies. Follow @RivCoListos on Twitter for emergency-preparedness tips, including how to build an emergency kit and create an emergency plan with your family. This is the official account for the Riverside County Emergency Management Department RivCo Listos preparedness campaign. The @RivCoListos account provides information…
Editor’s note: This information was taken from a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department press release and the Board of Supervisors. On Tuesday, Oct. 16, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the Riverside County Sheriff Department’s request to acquire and implement NC4’s Street Smart software to more effectively fight crime. NC4 Street Smart will equip 1,400-plus…
The National Weather Service for Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Kern and Tulare counties issued a high-wind warning from 10 a.m. Thursday to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9. “However, Kern, Tulare and Riverside counties are not impacted by the Public Safety Power Shutoff. Communities in those regions could still experience outages…
Riverside County is providing a voting service in the upcoming general election for voters with disabilities to be able to vote by mail. The Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail system, called OmniBallot, allows for voters who cannot vote on a paper mail ballot due to disabilities to now access and mark their ballot using their home computers….
Assembly District 71 stretches from Idyllwild in Riverside County to the California border. Consisting mostly of rural mountain country or desert, much of the population is clustered in the southwestern suburban part of the district near San Diego. The voting population of the district is skewed heavily Republican with nearly a 9-point registration edge (37…
