The Riverside County Department of Animal Services, in partnership with Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, hosted a free dog wellness clinic Thursday in Sky Valley.
It’s not uncommon for work to follow animal control officers home. And that is precisely what happened when Riverside County Animal Control Officer Dalton Churchwell noticed a cat roaming around his backyard on Oct. 1 in Blythe.
Riverside County is cleaning up Tuesday after the weekend pounding it took from Tropical Storm Hilary, which caused severe flooding in parts of the Coachella Valley and stranded some people in their neighborhoods, but “more typical weather conditions” are on tap, according to the National Weather Service.
Tropical Storm Hilary moved out of Riverside County Monday, but the heavy rain Sunday and overnight caused severe flooding in parts of the Coachella Valley, leaving some residents with no way in or out of their city early Monday.
Riverside County was under an unprecedented tropical storm warning Sunday, as Hilary moved toward Southern California off the Baja California coast and forecasters warned of the potential for dangerous flooding in the Inland Empire.
A local assistance center will soon open to help residents who were displaced from the Country Squire RV Park fire that destroyed nine mobile homes in Desert Hot Springs, officials announced Monday.
Rabbit rescue groups across Southern California are urging people not to purchase bunnies as Easter gifts for children, saying that what begins as a well-intentioned gesture often leads to abandoned animals when the novelty wears off and families realize they’re not equipped to properly care for the pets.
