

Mountain Disaster Preparedness members evaluate “Shake-Up”
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Following MDP’s Shake-Up 2, which took place Sept. 10, the group held an evaluation meeting Monday evening, Sept. 19. At the meeting were (back row) David Alt, Lou Padula, Annamarie Padula, Sherry Edwards, Doris Lombard and Dora Dillman; (middle row) Chic Fojtik, BJ Brix, Gigi Kramer, Ron Perry, Pamela Fojtik and Dorian Paul; and (front row) Bob Edwards, Maggie DiZinno, Steve Espinosa, Edith Brix and Francoise Figola. Photo by Veronica Alt, MDP Chair

As fire season begins, the San Bernardino National Forest implemented seasonal fire restrictions effective Monday, June 29. One of the restrictions, “No wood or charcoal fires anywhere on the San Bernardino National Forest,” has not been necessary since 2003, according to John Miller, SBNF public affairs officer. “This was added because of the drought,” he…
During the third of four Saturday bald eagle counts this winter, two adult eagles were seen at Lake Hemet last weekend. A total of 17 bald eagles were seen in the San Bernardino National Forest on Feb. 14 during the count period, four more than the January count. Public volunteers and U.S. Forest Service biologists…
“In my 33 years of education, Lenore [Sazer] is one of the very best teachers, if not the best, I’ve ever had the privilege to work with,” Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer wrote in an email. Sazer, after 24 years of teaching and serving the Hill, retired last week. She has no immediate grand plans….
During the Pine Cove Water District’s board meeting last week, General Manager Jerry Holldber offered some options to modify the water rate increase proposal made at the March 14 meeting. Letters have notified property owners with meters within the district of a public hearing on the rate increases at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 9.
Fern Valley Water District’s Director James Gates resigned in June, leaving a vacancy before the upcoming election but after the filing period. The district had the number of applications as seats up for election, so an election is not necessary. The newspaper previously reported, “No firm answer has been received by the district from the…
Following a rash of break-ins and theft, a team of Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies visited businesses Wednesday, Sept. 17, telling owners not to leave any cash inside the buildings when they close at night. Here, Deputy Carrasco talks with La Casita owner Roberto Garcia. Photo by Becky Clark