Riverside CA

As of late September 2026, the swamp cooler on my old ranch house here in Riverside still runs most afternoons. For years my habit was the one I still see on my street: switch the cooler on, then shut every window and door tight, the way you would with central air. A sealed house holds the cool in. That was my thinking

As of late September 2026, my house here in Riverside is still waiting on the first cold night that sends me out to the garage for the space heater. For years I set mine on the bedroom floor, switched it on and went to sleep. If it tipped over, it would shut itself off. That was the whole safety plan in my house here i

As of late September 2026, the popcorn ceiling in my back bedroom here in Riverside is the last one in the house, and every fall I think about taking it down myself. The method everyone describes sounds easy: spray a section with water, let it soak a few minutes, run a wide putty knife under the softened texture, and l

The Point: The future 12-mile county expressway project receives new name thanks to community input. In September, the Riverside County Transportation Commission approved renaming the SR-79 Realignment Project to the San Jacinto Valley Expressway Project. The project was renamed following two rounds of public input and

As of mid-September 2026, here in Riverside, I'm back to lying awake listening for scratching over the ceiling of my old ranch house. For years my answer was a box of bait blocks: toss a few into the attic, a few more along the foundation, and call it handled. Out of sight, out of mind, no traps to empty.

HEMET — Mason Drew Kohler, 31, has been booked on a felony murder charge, a felony hit-and-run charge involving death, and a felony DUI charge, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Inmate Information System. The public jail roster lists a Hemet Police Department arrest at Palm Avenue and Commonwealth

More than a dozen smoke shops in Riverside have been shut down after targeted enforcement operations uncovered alleged criminal activity, police announced Thursday. The Riverside Police Department conducted sustained enforcement operations targeting smoke shops they believed were operating unlawfully within the Magnoli

California Supreme Court rules against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco amid a multi-front reckoning over the right to vote in the state.

As of late September 2026, the water heater behind the service-porch door in this Riverside house is the one appliance I've never touched. It heats, I shower, and I assumed a tank with no moving parts didn't need anything from me until the day it quit.

SAN BERNARDINO, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> The 27th Annual San Bernardino County Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo near Glen Helen Amphitheater/Glen Helen Regional Park on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Thursday night starts it all with the Rodeo Kickoff Concert featuring Niko Moon with special guest Ashley Felton. Gates...