Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom implemented a Stay-at-Home order for one month between the hours of 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. that began Saturday, Nov. 21 for all counties in the purple tier. Only “essential” workers are permitted to be out during this time. The governor moved 28 counties back to the most-restricted purple tier…

By noon on Friday January 10, electricity had been restored to many local residents left in the dark by the Public Safety Power Shutdown. Fern Valley seemed to be still without power. Southern California Edison Senior Advisor for Corporate Communications Jeff Monford was unable to predict exactly when individual neighborhoods would have service restored, but…

At its June 20 meeting, the Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors was busier than normal. Not only did it hold a public hearing on the proposed new water and sewer rates (see accompanying story on page A1), but the board filled a vacant director’s seat, approved a budget for next fiscal year, formed a committee to explore Hill water district consolidation, and rejected incentives to attract new employees to Idyllwild.

Hurricane Hilary promised rare weather. She arrived Sunday as a tropical storm and has departed. Some of her highlights include 11.7 inches of rain falling on Mt. San Jacinto’s Peak. This was the largest amount of rain fall recorded in Southern California as of 5 a.m., Monday, Aug. 21. Closer to Idyllwild, 7.8 inches were…