More Santa Ana winds ahead for the weekend, fire watch in effect
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Another round of Santa Ana winds will lash the
Inland Empire, elevating wildfire dangers throughout the region on Saturday,
the National Weather Service...
Supervisors amend Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council’s forest management agreement
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to the county’s contract with Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council for forest health management services.The...
Riverside County reopens several hiking areas due to improved conditions
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Riverside County reopened several hiking areas today
due to improved conditions that have decreased the fire threat.Riverside County Fire Chief Bill Weiser...
Strong Pool Chemical Smell Prompts Evacuation of San Jacinto Homes
SAN JACINTO (CNS) - A leak of pool chemicals from a shipping container
emitted a strong smell in a San Jacinto residential neighborhood today,
forcing the...
Statewide quake drill to test residents’ readiness for massive shaker
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - People in government agencies, businesses and schools throughout California stopped everything for a minute today to "drop, cover and hold on"...
Earthquake rattles Aguanga in Riverside County
AGUANGA (CNS) - A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck near Aguanga in
Riverside County at 10:25 p.m. Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey is reporting.It was centered...
Gas leak prompts precautionary evacuation of residences in San Jacinto
SAN JACINTO (CNS) - A gas line rupture in San Jacinto today prompted a
precautionary evacuation of multiple residences in a neighborhood just
north of Highway...
Containment of Fairview Fire Rises to 98%
HEMET (CNS) - Firefighters are making progress battling the Fairview
Fire near Hemet with containment at 98%Â Â and full containment expected some
time today, authorities said.All remaining...
Riverside County Waste Resources Department to provide free Zero Waste Class on Saturday
Join the Department of Waste Resources as we present our online class, Making Your Home Zero Waste. This class is offered to Riverside County...
Deadly blaze nears 20,000 acres, more evacuations, containment expected Monday
Sept. 8, 10 am HEMET (CNS) - More residents near the deadly Fairview Fire near Hemet were under evacuation orders today as the deadly wildfire's...