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The Idyllwild School cafeteria became a veritable library as a Book Fair was held Oct. 10-14 to benefit the school’s PTA. Photo by Cid Castillo

On March 4, Mega Fire Action, a California-based advocacy group seeking to end so-called megafires, assembled a group of State legislators to discuss a package of bills designed to address problems with fighting wildfires as well as prevention efforts and the post-fire issues homeowners may encounter. In his introduction for the press conference Eric Horn,…...
Idyllwild Fire Protection District employee expenses reported to the State Controller. The total salaries, wages and benefit costs for 2011 were $1,380,845.
A Grand Jury report, with the Idyllwild Fire Protection District as the subject, was issued Thursday, June 19. This is the second report focused on IFPD from the 2013-14 Grand Jury and the fifth since 2008. This report investigated three topics — the behavior of the Department’s Administrative Captain, Mark LaMont, nonfeasance of the Fire…
A tentative trial start date in the case against Marcus Green has been set for July 2. Green, 53, of Thermal, was the driver of a car that went over the side of Highway 74 in May 2016 resulting in the death of a 5-month-old child. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office filed two felony…
Idyllwild Fire Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls. • July 6 — Medical aid, 8:48 a.m. Crestview Dr. • July 6 — Medical aid, 12:16 p.m. Tollgate Rd. • July 6 — Walk-in medical assist, 5:30 p.m. • July 7 — Medical aid, 11:17 a.m. Delano Dr. • July 7 —…