Just before 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters, Palm Springs Fire, California Highway Patrol and Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a report of an adult female hiker with a rattlesnake bite. The female had been hiking on Skyline Trail in Tahquitz Falls west of Palm Springs for several miles when she…
From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, May 16, Caltrans will close the southbound lane of Highway 243 from Riverside County Playground Road to Tollgate Road. Traffic will be one-way and regulated during the southbound lane closure. Caltrans Public Information Officer Shelli Lombardo said the lane closure was for public utility work and that a…
Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters responded to multiple reports of a building filled with smoke at the Zen Mountain Center, 58000 block of Apple Canyon Road in Mountain Center. The first call came in at 7:59 a.m. Thursday. The first arriving engine company reported a single-story structure with light smoke showing, and confirmed a room and…
Nasir David Powell’s felony settlement conference, set for April 6, was rescheduled for April 26, again at 8:30 a.m. in Department S204, Murrieta. It was the second time his FSC has been continued. Powell, 18, is charged with five felony counts involving various sexual activities with minors ranging in age from 14 to 17 years…
Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle over the side on Highway 74 in the area of Bee Canyon Road at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Firefighters, along with California Highway Patrol, scoured the area attempting to locate the vehicle. About one-a-half hours after the initial report, firefighters located the vehicle about…
Last week, four major Republican candidates for president withdrew their names from the California ballot for the June 7 primary election. On Monday, March 28, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was the first to request that his name not appear on the Republican Party’s presidential primary ballot. A day later, Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida,…
On February 26, 2016, Administrative Law Judge Eric Sawyer issued his proposed decision in the matter of the accusation against James Reyes, former paramedic and captain with IFPD, who had been terminated by Chief Patrick Reitz in July 2014. Judge Sawyer found on the evidence that Chief Reitz “abused his discretion in deciding to terminate…
Former Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Jim Venable died of cancer on Thursday, March 17. He was 79. Venable served as county supervisor, representing the 3rd district that includes Idyllwild, from 1996 to 2004. Prior to his election, Venable served as a Hemet City councilman. A pilot, Venable had long operated his family’s business, the…
At the end of February, Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz’s wildfire bill was passed in the House of Representatives. H.R. 1009 targets disaster-relief funds to victims of wildfire and their communities. He wanted to ensure they have access to the same resources as victims of other natural disasters. The funds will be available whether or not…
On Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at about 12:30 p .m. a head-on traffic collision between a dark blue SUV and a white sedan occurred about a mile north of Mountain Center on Highway 243. Debris was scattered over more than an estimated 100 yards along the roadway, as the vehicles came to rest about that…
