Earlier this month, President Barack Obama proposed his final federal budget, recommending total federal expenditures of more than $4.1 trillion, and requiring a deficit of $500 billion. This is for fiscal year 2017, which begins Oct. 1, 2016. Of that amount, he is requesting $4.9 billion for the U.S. Forest Service. While the president’s budget…
Last week, President Barack Obama designated three new national monuments in Southern California deserts. The new monuments are Mojave Trails National Monument, Castle Mountains National Monument and the Sand to Snow National Monument, which is in Riverside County. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has advocated protection for these lands for several years. A year ago,…
The latest health-care concern is the rapidly spreading Zika virus. While primarily limited to South America, health officials are worried that it will eventually arrive in the United States. On Monday, Dr Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, announced that “… the situation meets the conditions for a Public Health Emergency of International…
When voters go to the polls for the June 7 Presidential Primary, three parties have opened their ballot to voters who are registered with No Party Preference. If the Democratic primary is still competitive in June, California voters will have an opportunity to recommend the party’s nominee — either Hillary Clinton or Sen. Bernie Sanders….
At 9:24 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, the Riverside County Fire Department in cooperation with Cal Fire received a report of a traffic accident fatality near Pine Cove. Cal Fire and Riverside County firefighters, with assistance from IFPD, responded to the scene of a solo vehicle rollover on Highway 243 near Pine Cove. The…
A program created and run by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office was recently recognized by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Project Safe Neighborhoods was named a semifinalist in the 2015 Innovations in American Government Awards Program. “We are very proud of our crime prevention programs, and the work our…
Republican candidate Dwight Kealy, running for the U.S. Congressional District 36 seat, filed his first campaign documents earlier this month. Kealy entered the race in November. As of Dec. 31, Kealy had about $295,000 in cash. However, $250,000 was a personal loan to the campaign. Actual contributions totaled $44,000, of which nearly a quarter were…
The Riverside County Registrar of Voters is seeking people interested in becoming members of the local Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee. On Jan. 28, the Riverside County Registrar of Voters will hold a VAAC meeting for the senior community and those with disabilities in the county. The committee provides a forum for the community to advise,…
The CHP reports two “mud, dirt or rock” slides affecting travel to or from the hill. One was reported at 6:10 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 74 near Pinyon Drive as five 10-inch diameter rocks in the westbound roadway with one vehicle pulled over to the side. The other was reported at 6:21 p.m. on Tuesday…
At about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, power lines went down across Tollgate Road near Delano Drive due to extreme weather conditions. A small fire was sparked due to the live wires. Idyllwild Fire shut down Tollgate in both directions. Power was restored about 2:30 a.m. for the homes in the area. Idyllwild Fire Department kept…
