“The county is changing. The demographics of communities are changing,” Supervisor Kevin Jeffries, who represents District 1, said ahead of the 4-1 vote in favor of Map F5.1. “The county will continue to change and evolve.”
(CNS) – More than 950 Imperial Irrigation District customers lost power Friday in North Shore, near Mecca. The power utility advised the public at 12:37 p.m. Friday that troubleshooters were en route to fix the issue, but no estimated restoration time was given. According to IID’s online outage map, the outage occurred at 11:55 a.m. […]
(CNS) – A man who died in a two-vehicle collision in Coachella Thursday was identified as a Mecca resident, authorities said Friday. Luis Nicolas, 36, was found dead at the scene of the collision that happened at the intersection of Grapefruit Boulevard and Avenue 52 Thursday, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Another victim […]
(CNS) – Riverside County supervisors Tuesday approved a resolution declaring a local state of emergency stemming from storm damage in the southeast Coachella Valley, where electrical transmission lines were knocked down during high winds and flooding, leaving hundreds without power for days. In a 5-0 vote, the Board of Supervisors affirmed an emergency declaration issued […]
(CNS) – A Mexican national who once lived in Riverside County was sentenced Monday to 63 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute nearly 120 pounds of methamphetamine that was dropped in the desert by an airplane that had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. Juan Carlos Iturriaga-Centeno, 34, a one-time resident of Mecca, pleaded guilty […]
