On Tuesday, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors will review proposals to raise the compensation of the county’s elected officials, e.g., sheriff and district attorney, as well as senior career management who are not represented by any labor association. Supervisors’ salaries are not part of any of these proposals. Jay Orr, the county’s new executive…
Below are the latest Riverside County election results. The Registrar of Voters thinks about 50,000 more ballots are left to count. This will begin tomorrow. The next results are projected to be posted Friday. The overall results are the same as the initial results. Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack and Supervisor Jeff Stone easily out polled…
A Hemet High School student driving a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup ran a red light and plowed through a crosswalk crowded with approximately 30 students, sending eight to area hospitals, three in critical condition. Six females (three age 15, two age 16 and one age 17) and two males (one age 15 and one age…
Forest Service officials are seeking public comments on a proposed amendment to the land management plans for the four Southern California national forests (the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino). The proposed amendment would modify existing land use zone allocations in selected inventoried roadless areas to include more back country non-motorized and recommended wilderness…
Jeff Stone is embarking on his third campaign for Riverside County’s 3rd District Supervisorial seat. In 2004, he defeated incumbent Jim Venable. In 2008, he garnered 71 percent of the vote to defeat Deane Foote’s token opposition in the spring primary, and as a result did not have to wage a fall campaign. This year,…
The 2011 statewide redistricting has placed Idyllwild in a new Assembly District for the 2012 elections. Brian Nestande (R-Palm Desert), the current Assembly District 64 incumbent, represents the Hill in the state Assembly until December 2012, after which he will no longer represent the Hill. Idyllwild and the other local communities from Poppet Flat to…
Candidates for judicial office, both challengers and incumbent Superior Court judges, are constrained by the California Code of Judicial Ethics in how they can campaign and what they can say. They are prohibited from making statements to the electorate that “commit the candidate with respect to cases, controversies, or issues that could come before the…
Last week, CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Chief John R. Hawkins received approval from the Riverside County Board Supervisors to close seven hiking areas throughout Riverside County. The closures will remain in effect until further notice in the following areas: Avery Canyon (Gibbel Road east of State Street in Hemet) North Mountain and Indian Canyon (San…
Joe Scarafone, Hemet, is challenging incumbent Supervisor Jeff Stone for Riverside County’s 3rd Supervisorial seat. Whoever garners a majority of the vote will be the next supervisor. This election will not continue onto the November ballot. Scarafone, a retired border patrol agent and current contractor, is a relative newcomer to electoral politics. Nevertheless, he has…
New Assembly District 71, in which the Hill communities form the northern apexes of the district, has three candidates on the ballot. Incumbent Brian Jones and John McLaughlin are Republicans and Patrick Hurley is the Democratic candidate. However, under the rules of California’s new top-two open primary, the two candidates, regardless of party, with the…
