At Tuesday’s Riverside County Planning Commission meeting, more than 50 people spoke during the public comment period. Seventeen of them were either Idyllwild residents or have property in Idyllwild. Below is a summary of each of their comments to the commission about the proposed changes to Ordinance 927, Short-term Rentals (STR). Alexandra Koromzay expressed concerns…

The Cranston Fire Incident Management Team has issued its Initial Damage Report: Twelve buildings were destroyed — seven single-residence structures and five other minor structures. An additional single-residence structure sustained minor damage, and an additional minor structure was not destroyed, but sustained major damage. Three more single-residence structures were affected by the blaze without being considered…

Last spring, Riverside County announced that the fees for the Idyllwild and Anza transfer stations would be raised. The then-current 2018 annual fee of $116.88 would be increased $19.80 annually through July 1, 2021, and then a fifth increase of $19.92 would occur July 1, 2022 for a total annual fee of $216. As part…

Fire scientists from Maryland, Colorado and Riverside have collaborated to combine fire modeling with satellite data to develop a new method for predicting wildfire behavior in near real time. The resulting predictions will be more accurate and revised based on the fire’s actual behavior. For years, fire experts have researched and designed models for predicting…

By San Bernardino National ForestContributed It’s no secret that the outdoors have become a popular choice to relieve some of the pressures people face in their daily lives. With a recent increase in visitation to the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF), firefighting personnel and land managers are growing increasingly concerned about the uptick in illegal…