Anna Nevenic is a No Party Preference candidate in the race for the 41st Congressional seat. However, many voters may recognize her as the frequent Democratic candidate in elections for state seats over the past decade.In 2010, she entered the race that former Sen. Bill Emmerson won to replace John Benoit as the state Senate…
A sitting judge, Burke Strunsky, is one of two challengers to the third term for incumbent Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin. (Strunsky has taken a leave of absence while campaigning.)The 49-year-old jurist has sat on the Riverside County Superior Court since 2017. But most of his professional career has been at the prosecutor’s table…
Michael Hestrin has been Riverside County’s district attorney since January 2015, and he is seeking another four-year term.In 2014, he garnered 55% of the vote to defeat his boss, former District Attorney Paul Zellerbach. Four years later, he nearly doubled the votes cast for him and increased his winning percentage to 66% over challenger Lara…
Editor’s note: On June 7, Riverside County will hold a primary election for district attorney. The three candidates — Incumbent Michael Hestrin, challenger Lara Gressley and challenger Judge Burke Strunsky — have spoken to the Town Crier. All three interviews are in this issue.Lara Gressley, a Northern California native now living with her family in…
California Senate Bill 911, “California Public Interest Media Act of 2022,” was introduced in February and the Senate Governmental Organizations Committee held a hearing on the bill last week.By an 8-4 vote, the bill was approved and referred to the Senate’s Appropriation Committee for assessment of its fiscal commitments. Sen. Melissa Melendez who represents Idyllwild…
Local first responders are using a new app to simplify communicating the exact locations of those in need of assistance. The app is called what3words (W3W) and can be downloaded for free. It divides the Earth’s surface into squares 3 meters per side, (57 trillion of them) and assigns a unique combination of three common…
The U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) budget request of nearly $9 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 (starting Oct. 1, 2022) is $1.5 billion greater than the previous year’s budget. Nearly 40% of the increase is for Wildland Fire Management and Suppression Operations (WFMSO). The National Forest System programs will also receive another $600 million for…
California’s Recycling Agency (CalRecycle) has submitted a proposal to increase credits for returns of recyclable containers. The state’s Beverage Container Recycling Fund (BRCF) has a huge surplus of several hundred million dollars, for which the agency submitted a proposal to return half of the funds to citizens and to invest in more equipment to increase…
At its March 29 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved creating an election advisory committee. The committee, composed almost entirely of citizens, is intended “… to provide recommendations to the Board of Supervisors, Executive Office, and Registrar of Voters on improvements to the electoral process to ensure voter confidence and public trust…
CPUC accepting; energy safety office — not so As the number of wildfires and their sizes grow throughout the state, both the governor and the Legislature have taken numerous actions, including new laws and greater oversight of public utilities. However, nothing has yet significantly diminished this threat to millions of Californians, including the thousands of…
