

Raven cause of brief power interruption
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Idyllwild suffered brief interruption of electric power on Monday morning when a raven landed on the Southern California Edison (SCE) Lower Pine Crest power substation. 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,…...
The Riverside County budget doesn’t play fair. The fiscal year 2016-17 budget, which the Riverside County Board of Supervisors adopted this fall, was very tight and there was agreement for minimal increases next year while awaiting revenues to grow. However, rather than slowly balancing revenues and expenditures, the budget is rapidly turning red, bright red,…
More property crime incidents in Idyllwild area last week …
One traffic incident, a non-injury solo motorcycle crash, occurred on Hill roads over the last week. At 5:38 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, Ronald Lindblad, 78, of Chico, was riding his purple 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on Highway 74, 700 feet west of Strawberry Creek. In rounding a wide curve, Lindblad allowed his motorcycle to…
Fireworks from the audience occupied much of the public-comment portion of the regular meeting of the Idyllwild Water District board last Wednesday night, July 20. The two-hour, 45-minute meeting was heavily attended by 25 to 30 local residents. Four main areas of displeasure were voiced during public comment: 1) the failure of IWD General Manager…
Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer accepted two awards at the Hemet Unified School District Trustees’ meeting on Tuesday night, Feb. 5. One is the Governing Board Academic Achievement Award for the third year in a row and the other was the Attendance Award.