Below normal rainfall? To be sure, Halloween is next week and Thanksgiving is coming quickly. But the National Weather Service’s winter 2017-18 forecast is not supposed to be an “April Fool’s Joke.” According to the NWS, “La Niña potentially emerging for the second year in a row as the biggest wildcard in how this year’s…
Editor’s note: Three men have announced their candidacy for Riverside County Sheriff in the 2018 election. Challenging incumbent Stan Sniff are Riverside County Lt. Chad Bianco and Hemet City Police Chief Dave Brown. The Town Crier will interview each candidate before the June primary, when the top two vote getters will move to the November…
Neil Cooper, 42, of Idyllwild, failed to appear for his Trial Readiness Conference on Oct. 17. Consequently, Judge Kelly Hansen issued a bench warrant for Cooper and set bail at $350,000. He was arrested in January for threatening great bodily harm on an individual and attempting to prevent or dissuade this person who might be…
But beach smoking ban vetoed The most recent California legislative session ended Sept. 30. California legislators were busy during the final weeks and passed hundreds of bills. Governor Jerry Brown has had several weeks to decided whether he will sign a bill into a new law or veto it. Below are several bills, which he…
Late Thursday, Oct. 12, the Trump Administration announced it would stop making the cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers. On the next day, in a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, the administration confirmed it planned to cease making the payments because they were unauthorized. Under the current law,…
Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz will likely have to face at least three challengers in the June primary and one of them in the November 2018 election. Last week, soap opera actress Kimberlin Brown Pelzer announced her entry into the Congressional race. She was a featured speaker at the 2016 Republican Convention. She was in “The…
Editor’s note: Three men have announced their candidacy for Riverside County Sheriff in the 2018 election. Challenging incumbent Stan Sniff are Riverside County Lt. Chad Bianco and Hemet City Police Chief Dave Brown. The Town Crier will interview each candidate before the June primary, when the top two vote getters will move to the November…
Improving your house’s energy efficiency is prudent and praiseworthy. Not only will it reduce the costs of heating and cooling, but it also will benefit the environment. To encourage homeowners to undertake these types of improvements — solar panels, double pane windows, water efficient toilets and others — special loan programs have been created. Property…
Thousands of dollars in fines, too Operating a medical marijuana dispensary in the unincorporated areas of Riverside County is currently illegal. But it is a civil violation, a violation of the county’s land-use ordinance, not a criminal violation. Nevertheless, on Sept. 21, a Riverside County judge directed “two men to spend five days in jail…
At its Sept. 26 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors passed its final budget for fiscal year 2017-18 without any further discussion. The total budget from county revenue is about $800 million, an $8 million increase from County Executive Officer George Johnson’s proposed budget in July. “These increases will not prevent us from achieving…
