


Video below shows high winds fanning the fire around 9 a.m. Sunday morning. Video by Becky Clark
Photos below by J.P. Crumrine













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Video below shows high winds fanning the fire around 9 a.m. Sunday morning. Video by Becky Clark
Photos below by J.P. Crumrine













Short-Term Rentals were on the agenda of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors again last week. This time, neither Idyllwild nor the Hill communities were part of the discussion. At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Board held a public hearing on proposed amendments to Ordinance 927 (Regulating Short-term Rentals) and Ordinance 671 (which establishes fees…...
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Board of Commissioners’ last meeting of the year Tuesday, Dec. 14, was short with very little discussion except under Resolution 524, approving signatures for IFPD’s new PNC bank account. The traffic collisions in which IFPD vehicles were involved on Sept. 29 and Oct. 1 finally appeared in the Fire…
CHP originally received a report of a two-vehicle collision with minor injuries at 11:18 a.m. Monday. The crash involved a pick-up truck with a camper shell driven by Leif Kvammen (right) of Pine Cove. Kvammen was not injured and no other vehicles or person were involved in the collision. Kvammen, traveling westbound on Highway 74 near…
A half acre fire was spotted near Highway 74 about 2 miles east of the Forest Service’s Cranston Ranger Station. The fire was quickly contained and then controlled. According John Miller, the Forest Service’s Public Affairs Office for the San Bernardino National Forest, Cal Fire participated in the call as well as the local Forest…
Idyllwild Fire Protection District Auxiliary is coming together. The third meeting occurred Monday evening, Feb. 18. The primary purpose of these first meetings is to get the program up and running. There was also a tour of the fire station, highlighting some of the improvements that the auxiliary may be part of in the coming…
At its Aug. 29 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved an extension of the moratorium on issuing new short-term rental (STR) certificates in Idyllwild (including Pine Cove) and the Wine Country. The new Ordinance 449.253 is effective immediately and will expire in one year or when a revised Ordinance 927.2 (STR) goes into…