Mountain Disaster Preparedness' annual Shake Out

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Info table at shake out — The information tables were set up and ready to go at the MDP Shake Out! drill on Saturday morning. Pictured at an info table are Edith Brix, Jim Mettler, and Lynn Voorhies. Photo by Barbara Reese

Medical info 1 — Gigi Kramer goes over a medical kit with the folks that gathered for the MDP Shake Out on Saturday morning. It was held at the Disaster Aid Station at the Mountain Resource Center, one of the locations for the drill. Photo by Barbara Reese

MDP Debriefing — Following the Shake Out! field exercise, members convened at Idyllwild Fire Station to discuss and evaluate the results. Photo by Barry Zander

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The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council is beginning to revise the 2006 Community Wildfire Protection Plan. More than 25 firefighters and land managers met at the FSC’s offices on Franklin Drive Wednesday to begin work on updating the eight-year-old plan. CWPPs were originally authorized by the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003. One of the…

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U.S. Forest Service to raise campground fees
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The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has announced fee increases for recreational sites in the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF). Comments on the proposal should be submitted by Oct. 1. Seven of the sites are in the San Jacinto Ranger District. Six campgrounds — Black Mountain group, Boulder Basin, Dark Canyon, Fern Basin, Marion Mountain and…

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By April 11, 2012January 30, 2013 Reading Time: 1 minute

In March 2006, Chris Duve, 31, formerly of Lake Elsinore and Angela Shaver, 46, of Meadowbrook were arrested on suspicion of the murder of Paul Cline, then 60 and a resident of Old Cary Road in Anza. Jury selection, for separate trials for both suspects, is likely to begin this week. Meanwhile, Judge Kelly L….

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Snow Group talks progress to Pine Cove
By March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Despite a rainy and cool morning, about 20 residents trudged to the Pine Cove Fire Station to hear Fern Valley resident Marsha Kennedy discuss the origin and efforts of the Idyllwild Snow Group. Heavy snowfalls during the winter of 2016-17 attracted a vast number of visitors to the Hill. Most of them were seeking places…

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Emergency alert this Wednesday
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No room in the jail — Kimmerle out again
By May 31, 2012February 8, 2013 Reading Time: 1 minute

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Southwest Detention Center confirmed this morning that Ron Kimmerle, 49, of Pine Cove was released at midnight, May 30. The deputy said it was a federally ordered release “because of jail overcrowding.” Kimmerle did not have to post bail since this was a federally mandated release because of county jail…

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