Senator Stone announces staff
Newly sworn-in California Sen. Jeff Stone (R-28th District) announced his initial staff line-up Tuesday of the district that includes the Hill. The whole district...
Prop 60 to require more stringent condom regulation in porn industry: Opposed by both...
On its face, Proposition 60, “Adult Films, Condoms, Health Requirements Initiative Statute,” would seem likely to attract wide approval as a health initiative designed...
Prop 52 aims to extend private hospital fees that help fund Medi-Cal
Proposition 52, “State Fees on Hospitals. Federal Medi-Cal Matching Funds. Initiative Statutory and Constitutional Amendment,” is fairly straightforward in its objectives but a bit...
Gov. Brown makes some temporary state water limits permanent: Cites likelihood that drought will...
Citing California’s five-year drought, Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order making some of the state’s temporary water restrictions permanent.
Permanently banned are wasteful practices...
Congress seeking solution for paying wildfire costs
Last week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the U.S. Forest Service 2014-15 budget request. However, the focus of...
Ebola preparedness topic of emergency services group
Riverside County’s preparedness for potential Ebola victims was the topic of last week’s Mountain Emergency Medical Services Committee meeting. Marie Weller and Dan Bates...
Prop 11 is AMR vs. staff
Proposition 11 is essentially a labor dispute between American Medical Response and other private ambulance companies, and their emergency medical technician and paramedic staff.
Currently,...
Whooping cough reaches epidemic levels: Vaccines urged
Pertussis, or whooping cough, has reached an epidemic level in California, according to Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health...
Proposition 10 would allow local governments to adopt rent control policies
Proposition 10 proposes to allow local governments to adopt rent control on any type of housing unit. The measure also would state that local...
Mosquito that can carry Zika virus found near Hemet: First West Nile case in...
Zika virus
The invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can harbor and transmit the dangerous Zika virus, has been detected near the Hemet outskirts, according to...