Effective at 6:00 p.m. all mandatory evacuation orders will be lifted, however residents will need to show proper identification to return to residences.
Also effective at 6:00 p.m. – the evacuation center will be shut down.
Buck Fire evacuations lifted
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Effective at 6:00 p.m. all mandatory evacuation orders will be lifted, however residents will need to show proper identification to return to residences.
Also effective at 6:00 p.m. – the evacuation center will be shut down.
After spending more than seven hours on an agenda item last Tuesday (May 5) to rescind four of the county’s public health orders including the wearing of a face mask or face covering, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted to continue the item to 1 p.m. Friday, May 8. After approximately seven more hours…
65 years ago – 1948 When the landing gear of a crop-dusting plane snapped off a chunk of line in Valle Vista, all of Idyllwild was without electricity. The pilot landed the plane safely. 60 years ago – 1953 The Chamber of Commerce voted to remove the public phone outside of Town Hall because…
At the direction of the California Public Utilities Commission, Southern California Edison (SCE) conducted a Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS) event last week in Mountain Center, causing residents to be without power for multiple days. According to SCE’s website — when there are potentially dangerous weather conditions in fire-prone areas — they may call a…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved (Supervisor Jeff Hewitt was absent) the proposed Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) without discussion or debate. The plan was submitted to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. The EOP, which the county Emergency Management Department (EMD) completed, is a major revision from the previous EOP, prepared in 2006….
The two men arrested for breaking into the Mountain Center Market and stealing the ATM machine and its cash contents were Ryan Mason, 24, of Hemet, and Nickolas Melendez, 26, of Cabazon. The two men were arrested on Highway 74, just west of the U.S. Forest Service’s Cranston Ranger Station, shortly after they allegedly ransacked…
A small fire ignited about noon Saturday, Oct. 14, when a vehicle and trailer caught on fire just west of Mountain Center on Highway 74. The Mount Fire, on both sides of the highway, reached three acres before containment, according to Incident Commander Chris Fogle, battalion chief on the San Jacinto Ranger District. Firefighters from…