

Nature Center gets new creek bridge
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Last week, a new bridge was constructed across Lilly Creek at the Idyllwild Nature Center. Park Interpreter Shelley Kibby said the bridge has been planned for 10 years. Recently a CAL FIRE Bautista inmate crew was available to construct the bridge, which replaced several logs and large branches across the creek. Photo by J.P. Crumrine

Despite the rainfall this weekend, the National Weather Service is not optimistic about a significant wet winter in Southern California. During his October weather briefing, Alex Tardy, meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s San Diego office, said, “Our forecast models … predict that El Niño conditions will develop. It’ll go into a weak phase when…
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