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RIVERSIDE - The wife of a former San Jacinto city councilman at the center of a multi-defendant campaign fraud case was facing a possible jail term and fines after pleading guilty to a felony. Nancy Jo Ayres, 46, a former San Jacinto School Board member, admitted falsifying 2008 statement by failing to report a $14,000 campaign contribution from the San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce. She is one of nine people implicated in a money laundering conspiracy tied to her husband's failed bid in 2006 to win the Republican nomination...
DESERT CENTER - A company that owns 35,000 acres of Inland California desert is pressing ahead with plans to build a new pipeline to connect to the Colorado River Aqueduct near Desert Center, and use that canal to transport desert water to customers in Los Angeles and Orange counties, it was reported today. The project would ''mine'' underground water from beneath the deserts of eastern California, and transport it south towards Riverside County in a new 42-mile-long pipeline. The company would then use capacity in the...
CAMP PENDLETON - The Pentagon today announced the combat death of a 21-year-old Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, the second such casualty this week. Cpl. Gurpreet Singh, of Antelope in Sacramento County, died Wednesday from wounds received while fighting in Helmand province, Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense. On Tuesday, Lance Cpl. Jared C. Verbeek, 22, of Visalia, also died in Helmand province. Both men were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, based at Camp... Full story
RIVERSIDE - Solar energy providers planning to build plants in Riverside County may have to pay more than they bargained for if the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approves the imposition of a development fee that critics derisively call a ''sun tax.'' The board will consider requiring solar power developers to pay the county 2 percent of gross annual receipts generated from the operation of a power station. According to Executive Office documents, Riverside County is federally recognized as the ''largest solar energy zone in...