The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission established a Finance Committee last week that includes two commissioners, Chief Patrick Reitz and two members of the Idyllwild community. The committee’s responsibility will be to assist the district in preparing and monitoring its budget, and making recommendations on financial issues. As a standing committee, its meetings and activities…

The intensive search for David Elliot Bradish, 80, has ended. He has been missing since about 3:30 p.m. Monday and has not been found. Today’s rain and possible snow make this kind of search more and more difficult. Bradish is a white male, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, with gray hair and blue eyes, and…

About 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, Cal Fire and Riverside County firefighters responded to reports of an injured hiker at Humber Park. After hiking to the location, firefighters found one male victim, Jonathan Zuniga, 24, of Oceanside, who perished at the scene. Firefighters then found a second severely injured male victim. Responders called for air…

In the absence of Board President Charlie Wix, Vice President Bob Krieger led a swift and concise meeting Friday, Sept. 21. Two days prior to the meeting, the board received a letter from customers Suzanne and David Horowitz requesting an adjustment or forgiveness of their recent $13,700 bill. Apparently a valve controlling an underground line…

For the first time since November 2012, the County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee met, approving up to $28,000 to purchase fire hydrants for the community. At the end of fiscal year 2012-13 (June 30, 2013), CSA 38 had nearly $610,000 in its coffers. The current balance remains the same, said Bill Brown,…