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Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, July 25 to 31. (IFPD has a new system of reporting and is working to include times in its logs.) • July 25 — EMS, treat & release, Maranatha Dr.• July 25 — Gas leak, Circle Dr.• July 26 — EMS…
Last week, Riverside County announced that a funeral Mass for Supervisor John J. Benoit will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in La Quinta. A reception at St. Francis will immediately follow the funeral. A rosary will be said at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9,…
UPDATE: Aug. 2, 2011, 12 p.m.: Bill Sanborn, HUSD Trustee, said Tuesday afternoon that he expected the new contract to be approved at the Tuesday evening meeting. After three and half hours, the community’s appetite for discussing recreation management was finally sated. Still many left with a disagreeable taste in their mouths. More than 80…
Riverside County will participate in a hazardous-material response drill this week, along with numerous state and federal agencies. The drill involves a simulated response by hazardous-materials teams after anthrax is detected in multiple locations. The drill, from Monday to Friday, Nov. 16 to 20, will include the California Department of Public Health, the California Emergency…
Idyllwild local Stacey Grant avoided a head-on collision with a motorcyclist on Sunday, Dec. 6. Grant was driving her 2011 silver Subaru Outback west on Highway 74 around 11:00 a.m. just after the last turnout near the bottom of the Hill on the Hemet side. Grant noted she had slowed as cars ahead of her…
Fern Valley Water District moved to Stage 2 Water Conservation in June. General Manager Victor Jimenez elevated the water conservation stage as a precaution after precipitation and stream flow declined this spring.