The Riverside County agency that investigates child welfare concerns is undergoing reforms aimed at reducing the county’s liability exposure because of a breakdown in procedures intended to prevent youngsters from being put at risk, according to a recent report released by the executive office.The external review of the county children’s services division was composed following a roughly yearlong investigation...
INDIO – Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington is seeking applicants to serve on the fair board.Members of the fair board counsel and advise the Riverside County board of supervisors on administrative and policy matters related to Riverside County’s National Date Festival, which takes place in Indio each year in February.Applicants must be residents of Riverside County. No member of...
Caltrans workers continued their road projects on highways 74 and 243 this week with the most welcome news to motorists traveling to Idyllwild via Highway 74 between Hemet and Mountain Center to Route 243. Caltrans announced Tuesday, Oct. 2, that escorts on Highway 74 have ceased between Valle Vista to Mountain Center and will be open with flagmen directing...
Under the traditional definition of socialism that requires government ownership and distribution of the means of production, the Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are not socialist as Democratic presidential contenders insist.All are free market economies. None have government-mandated minimum wage laws. These wages are set by unions. The Fraser Institute which ranks countries of the world on...
Patricia Jean Beall, a former owner of the Stagecoach Inn, died at the age of 95, Aug. 1, 2019, in Aguanga.She was born May 16, 1924, in Akron, Ohio. She moved to Aguanga in 1976 and ran the inn until 2017 with partner Darlene Brown who now lives in Canada. They were both nurses who took care of everyone...
SACRAMENTO — California will become the first U.S. state to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against other people.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill on Friday after it was previously vetoed twice by former governor Jerry Brown.
The new law goes beyond a previous law approved by Brown that allowed only law enforcement officers and...
NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Friday two missiles struck one of its oil tankers traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, a mysterious assault not immediately corroborated that still spiked oil prices amid months of heightened tensions at sea across the wider Mideast.
There was no acknowledgement of the...
STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN ANTCZAK
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire raged out of control along the northern edge of Los Angeles early Friday, forcing thousands of people from their homes as firefighters battled flames from the air and on the ground.
Police Chief Michel Moore said there were mandatory evacuations of 100,000 people in over 20,000 homes.
Fire Chief...
STEFANIE DAZIO AND CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Associated Press
CALIMESA (AP) — Don Turner's 89-year-old mother was missing Thursday night after a wind-driven wildfire sparked by burning trash swept through a Southern California mobile home park, destroying dozens of residences.
Lois Arvickson called her son from her cellphone to say she was evacuating shortly after the blaze was reported in the Calimesa area,...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation extending the window of time for workers to file harassment, discrimination or retaliation complaints with the state from one to three years.
Newsom announced Thursday he signed that law and others aimed at boosting workplace protections.
Another bill bans employers from forcing workers to enter into arbitration agreements, which waive a...