Riverside county is is experiencing rapid growth that threatens to pollute the night sky with a glow of man-made light. Most light pollution is an unnecessary by-product of poorly designed light fixtures that also waste energy, create visibility hazards, and can be considered intrusive. Failure to design for the effect of Riverside County's growth on the night time environment will affect communities, observatories, parks, and wilderness areas. While many of the effects are merely unpleasant or nuisances, some have safety ramifications and threaten scientific research at Palomar Observatory.

In this section, I plan to show the good and bad examples of lighting from this valley. I will be adding examples of lighting for business and institutions as well as for residential safety and decorative use. I welcome suggestions.

John Garrett

Examples:
Temecula, Denny's Restarant (bad lighting example)
Temecula, Rancho Ford (good lighting example)
Glaring Floodlights(a bad lighting example)