Readers Write: Fire breaks saved our cabin

Editor: Maintained fire breaks saved our Westridge cabin. I am grateful to firefighters for maintaining fire breaks and flying retardant drops. A friend told me to...

Readers Write: Some advice for emergencies

Editor: My wife Elaine and I have prepared ourselves for emergency survival for the past 25 years or so, starting with the earthquake in San...

Readers Write: Is our democracy over?

Editor: I appreciate your “Fake news, American institutions and the presidency” editorial. As the Republicans bring our democracy to its knees, it seems like we are...

Readers Write: Angels and heroes among us

Editor’s note: This letter was received before the Cranston Fire of July 25. It was temporarily lost in the scramble of evacuation. Editor: was another...

Readers Write: Why are campfires allowed when fire danger is very high?

Editor: I am a “flatlander” and frequent visitor to Idyllwild. On Aug. 12, 2018, I walked from a downtown restaurant to my friend’s home on...

Readers Write: Ambassador Sully

Editor: To wish all the residents well as Idyllwild recovers from the Cranston Fire, we’d like to share the story of our experience with Ambassador...

Readers Write: Africanized bees come to Idyllwild

Editor: We discovered the bees swarming in our backyard on Sunday, Aug. 5. There were hundreds of them flying wildly below the branches of a...

Readers Write: Outrageous

Editor: Numerous hydrants were red tagged by fire crews during the fire. One red tag on Saunders Meadow was even labeled “Broken stem puts out...

Readers Write: Special people at Idyllwild Pharmacy

Editor: July 25, my husband dropped off a prescription to be filled. They said it would be ready in the afternoon. We were told to evacuate...

Readers Write: Quiet Skies’ concern is commercial, not firefighting

Editor: In response to a reader’s letter last week, we want to clarify that Quiet Skies Idyllwild’s prime goal is to redirect commercial air traffic...
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