


Mountain Disaster Preparedness’ annual Shake Out
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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



At the March MAST meeting Idyllwild Fire Battalion Chief James LaMont reported that IFPD is fully staffed, and had prepositioned engines for the storms predicted for that week. Normal daily staffing includes eight people and a hand crew that is on call. They have eight engines and four ambulances. They are partnering with the USFS…
Ron Kimmerle, 49, of Pine Cove, failed to appear at 8:30 a.m., June 1 at a Felony Settlement Conference at Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta. At 11:22 a.m. the court issued a bench warrant for failure to appear and set bail at $120,000.
Directors of the Fern Valley Water District approved a $1.7 million budget for 2013-14 and welcomed the return of former director Ron Korman. Next year’s budget (fiscal year 2013-14, beginning July 1) includes a $1.1 million capital improvements program to continue pipeline replacement on Fern Valley Road. Consequently, the district will use about $625,000 of…
Saturday evening, Aug. 31, just prior to the end of the 2023-24legislative session, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation calling fora special legislative session to address concerns about the high priceof gasoline in California. Earlier in August, Newsom had offered a set of bills to address thisproblem, but no action was taken, which is the…
The soul and mind ignite when artists and activists come together for a cause. In this case, on Sunday evening, it was to peacefully protest two unsettling topics — fascism and gun violence. Idyllwild Indivisible and Idyllwild Poets came together at “Harmony,” the town monument, with community members, young and elderly, to express compassion and…
Two thirsty hikers who took a dangerous short cut off the Pacific CrestTrail on the flank of San Jacinto Peak discovered the remains of missinghiker Robert Budinski early last week, according to a Facebook post fromthe Fowler O’ Sullivan Foundation, a nonprofit group that helps thefamilies of missing hikers. Budinski had entered our local trails…