Banning News

Despite clashes over the reallocation of funds to bolster public safety agencies and worries about the consequences of the state's financial quagmire, Riverside County supervisors Tuesday approved a $5.08 billion budget for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

Riverside County supervisors on Tuesday passed a fiscal budget that dips into reserves instead of an initial proposal that called for nearly 1,000 layoffs, slashing public health and closing seven fire stations and the newly expanded jail in Banning.

Cabazon, June 26, 2009--- Chairman John Burton, head of the California Democratic Party, was the keynote speaker at the 'Fifth Annual Unity Dinner' hosted by the Pass Democratic Club.

A heat advisory was issued today for the cities of Banning, Lake Elsinore and Perris, warning residents that temperatures should hover around the century mark through tomorrow.

CHEER: To Carlos Marren of Mount Olive. Police say Marren spotted a fire in another unit of his apartment complex and doused it with a fire extinguisher after climbing a balcony to get at it.

Authorities say six clerks were arrested for trying to cheat apparent lottery winners by telling them their tickets were no good, then cashing in themselves.

An official with the banished Banning project that would have produced electricity by toasting sewage sludge offered a backward sort of logic about why the city should have supported the proposal.

A long-time tradition on Carmel beaches may soon become a thing of the past. A debate between people who enjoy the occasional beach bonfire, and those who say they stain and pollute beaches, is forcing the Carmel City Council to address the issue.

The Banning City Council voted Tuesday night to ban the burning of sewage sludge in the city.

A parolee wanted in a Shell gas station robbery was arrested by Banning police Tuesday.

More than a dozen elderly residents were evacuated late Monday from an Alzheimer's care facility in Banning after a fire broke out.

The 91st California American Legion Convention opened with a flourish of flags, salutes and the singing of the national anthem Friday at the Riverside Convention Center.

I'm sad. The city of Banning dumped its great, catchy and memorable slogan: "Stagecoach Town, U.S.A." Instead, the San Gorgonio Pass city will be known by a phrase that no one ever will remember and sounds more like an innocuous mission statement.

A storyteller who specializes in Celtic tales will help kick off Banning Public Library's summer reading program.

Here's a sampling of orchards that allow people to pick their own cherries or have already-picked fruit.

Kalvin Tran graduated from Banning High School on Friday night and is headed to Long Beach State in the fall.

A man who robbed a gas station and took the clerk's pickup truck following a struggle eluded police and was at large today.

Riverside County plans to soften proposed cuts to its sheriff and district attorney's budgets by pulling another $25 million from the county's rainy day fund and squeezing unions to accept cuts to pay and benefits.

The program was jump-started by a $10,000 grant from ConocoPhillips. The students will gather recycling from the cafeteria at the energy company's Wilmington refinery.

Days after Sheriff Stanley Sniff told Riverside County supervisors he could not afford any cuts to his department without taking deputies from streets and jails, he raised the six-figure salary of one chief deputy by 19 percent, another by 11 percent and a third by almost 6 percent.