County officials plan to present design guidelines and recruit board members for the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District at an Idyllwild community meeting. County Preservation Officer Keith Herron will lead the meeting planned for 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 16 at the Nature Center on Highway 243. The county board of supervisors authorized the district in July…

County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee, which oversees parcel-tax funded recreation and street lamps in Idyllwild, has two vacancies. Opal Hellweg, 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington’s legislative assistant, confirmed that vacancies will be filled in time for the next scheduled meeting — 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at Town Hall. Four people have applied for…

At the end of August, California State Auditor Grant Parks released his agency’s audit of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Public Advocates Office (Cal Advocates). The audit looked at the agencies’ review and participation in the rate requests from California’s three largest electric utilities and natural gas company — Pacific Gas…