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Articles from the December 17, 2013 edition


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  • Less is the new more

    Updated Dec 17, 2013

    Can you remember what people gave you for Christmas last year? I don’t! I can’t even remember what gifts I gave my kids or wife last year. It’s not that I have a bad memory; I just don’t find my year-old stuff to be as exciting as the new stuff. I’m sure you can relate. Don’t you find it funny that we spend so much time thinking about, planning for and even losing sleep over "things" that a year from now we won’t even care about? I know that’s how all our favorite department s...

  • Board OKs Quarter-Billion-Dollar Jail Expansion Budget

    Updated Dec 17, 2013

    RIVERSIDE - Riverside County supervisors today authorized a $274 million budget for construction and other costs associated with the East County Detention Center in Indio, a top-line item on the county's list of capital improvement priorities, but still years away from completion. In a 4-0 vote -- with Supervisor John Tavaglione absent -- the Board of Supervisors without comment signed off on the tentative ECDC spending plan and approved hiring a contractor to complete demolition work required before construction can begin. A...

  • Jury decides on death penalty for man convicted of killing 10-week-old daughter and leaving remains in storage container

    Kitty Alvarado|Updated Dec 17, 2013

    UPDATE: INDIO - Jurors decided that Jason Michael Hann, of Vermont, who turned 40-years-old today, should be put to death for murdering his 2-month-old daughter in Desert Hot Springs, dumping her remains in a plastic container and hiding them in an Arkansas storage unit. According to a press release issued by the office of Riverside County District Attorney, Paul Zellerbach, jurors came back with the decision only after a couple of hours of deliberation. Hann is scheduled to be formerly sentenced on February 21, 2014. INDIO -...

  • County Aims to Make Zoning Regs Less Restrictive

    Updated Dec 17, 2013

    RIVERSIDE - Over the next six months, Riverside County's regulatory code will undergo revisions intended to make it more ''business- friendly,'' thanks to action today by the Board of Supervisors. Based on a recommendation by Transportation and Land Management Agency Director Juan Perez, the board voted in favor of modifying the county's Land Use and Planning Ordinance so that the permit approval process is less burdensome and deadlines for building expansions are loosened up for the benefit of residential and commercial...