For the first time in about a century of “Ramona” pageants, a Native American will be directing the outdoor play that spotlights how Native Americans were treated in California’s early days as a state ...

Wildflower and other blooms have saturated and covered previously open trails, especially in the western half of the county.

Based on Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 novel of the same name, the play is held in spring at the 5,000-seat Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre near Hemet. RELATED: How Ramona High School in Riverside got its ...