Banning News

Hemet City councilmember Larry Smith and KNEWS/KCAA radio talk show host Elise Richmond are scheduled to speak to the San Gorgonio Pass Republican Women next week in Banning, the group announced Monday.

Caltrans District 8 officials apologized Monday for the massive backup Sunday on westbound Interstate 10 in the San Gorgonio Pass, citing a breakdown at a local concrete plant as a factor for the unannounced road work and lane closures in Banning.

The tour is open to the public. Anyone going on the tour must wear closed-toe shoes and pants.

A request to spend an additional $82,460 on the design of a water pipeline is on Tuesday's Banning City Council agenda.

KC's 23 1/2 Hour Plumbing in Palm Springs has made a commitment to sponsor a food drive to... Traffic is bumper-to-bumper in both directions on Interstate 10 near Cabazon Sunday, as Caltrans highway maintenance was unexpectedly extended through the day.

An unplanned roadwork closure on westbound Interstate 10 in Banning was forcing backups Sunday six miles east to Main Street in Cabazon, a California Highway Patrol dispatcher said in a phone interview.

Two Los Angeles residents were behind bars this weekend on suspicion of shoplifting from several stores at Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon and other outlet malls in Southern California.

More than 50 volunteers from New Creation Church in Banning and Beaumont helped demolish a trailer home Saturday in Cabazon that had been used by members of a residential rehab program run by Set Free Yucaipa.

Students from Zhejiang Normal University in China performed at Central Elementary School in Banning Feb.

The free event is 4-6 p.m. at the center, located at 130 N. San Gorgonio Ave. in Banning.

A man and a woman with alleged immigration violations were held without bail Friday on suspicion of several retail burglaries at Desert Hills Premium Outlets, a sheriff's sergeant said.

The San Gorgonio Ballet and School of Dance plans to host auditions for a Children's Storybook Theatre production of the fairy tale "Snow White" on Saturday Feb.

Students at Nicolet Middle School in Banning stepped up to the challenge and entered approximately 300 projects in the school's Science Fair, held Feb.

Riverside County district attorney's and sheriff's investigators executed search warrants yesterday at Bail Hotline offices in the county.

Mt. San Jacinto College has received a six-year accreditation. The community college has campuses in San Jacinto and Menifee -- shown here on the first day of fall 2011 classes -- a campus in the works in Banning, and an education center in Temecula.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Superior Court of Riverside County courthouse in Banningis scheduled Feb.

A Lynwood man was arrested Monday after trying to return to the Morongo Indian Reservation, where authorities say he robbed and shot at a woman in December.

Craig Newman has left the Banning Unified School District, where he was assistant superintendent of human resources, for another district.

San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital chief executive officer Mark Turner is scheduled to speak this Thursday at Russo's Italian Kitchen in Banning.

Sugar is toxic according to current blaring of media headlines. This latest news has health activists in an uproar over sugar.