Riverside County News
BEAUMONT: Water agency doesn’t raise tax rate
Money is used to pay debt of state water project
SILVER FIRE: Firm hired to repair Highway 243
A Citrus Heights company has been hired to make emergency repairs to fire-ravaged Highway 243 south of Banning.
MORONGO: Children get free backpacks and shoes
Funds raised by the Morongo Charity Golf Tournament helped fund the school supplies provided to some 400 Pass area children
BEAUMONT: Center for Spiritual living to host speaker
Performer, singer/songwriter, musician and author Weber to speak Aug. 18
SILVER FIRE: 20,292-acre blaze is fully contained
After a five-day battle, crews have finished digging fire lines around the entire 20,292-acre Silver Fire in the San Jacinto Mountains south of Banning, fire officials say.
BANNING: Tales from the Gilman Ranch
Descendant will share family history at centennial lecture
SILVER FIRE DAY 3: Residents start to return
Some find homes safe from flames; others return to rubble
BEAUMONT: Golf tourney to benefit memorial
Aug. 31 event set for Golden Era Golf Course
SILVER FIRE: Officials, residents awed by fast-moving flames
Residents recount the horror of quick evacuations and being stranded to battle flames on their own
THE PASS: Habitat for Humanity seeking veterans
Orientation meetings set for next couple weeks
SILVER FIRE: Blaze rages on east of Cabazon
Fire crews say the eastern flank toward Snow Creek Village may be Friday’s “Problem Child” if it burns into the Snow Creek basin toward homes
SILVER FIRE: 26 homes destroyed; 14,000 acres burned
Firefighters have 20 percent containment on the blaze; Snow Creek and Cabazon told to evacuate
REGIONAL: Push for employee lactation rooms gains momentum
Pechanga Resort & Casino is in the vanguard among businesses that have set up rooms for new moms to pump breast milk
SILVER FIRE: Cabazon evacuations ordered; 15 structures burned in 6,000-acre fire
Mammoth fire uncontained in the mountains south of Banning; residents of Poppet Flats, Silent Valley and Twin Pines are evacuated and Highway 243 is closed
CALIMESA: City Council approves library feasibility study
The city is looking at constructing a two-story building for a library and municipal offices
BEAUMONT: Rummage sale to benefit MDA
Aug. 10 event is one way city helps raise money for charity
BANNING: Police chief files claim against city, councilman
Chief alleges councilman has violated various laws, a charge the elected official denies
BANNING: Police arrest two suspects in commercial burglaries
Banning police have arrested two suspects in connection with five roof-top commercial burglaries reported at three businesses in the city in the past week.
CALIMESA: Library feasibility study proposed
City staff is recommending the council authorize the $25,000 study when it meets Monday, Aug. 5
BACK IN THE DAY: Beaumont wasn’t named for founder’s hometown
H. C. Sigler did buy the town and rename it Beaumont, but he wasn’t a native of the Texas city