

Veterans help build outdoor cattery for ARF
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Veterans from the Boots to Books program at Pasadena City College work on the construction of an outdoor cattery at ARF Saturday morning, Sept. 15. This ws the veterans second visit to help ARF with its construction, outdoor cleanup, walking dogs and playing with kitties. ARF provided breakfast that morning and a barbecue that afternoon. Photo by Barbara Reese

Some really good news came out of the Caltrans community meeting last Tuesday night, Oct. 29, at Idyllwild School that was coordinated by Mountain Disaster Preparedness. There is now full access to Hemet and Banning from Idyllwild. Public and Media Affairs Chief for Caltrans District 8 Terri Kasinga announced that Highway 243 would reopen by…
Vehicles driving Hwy. 243 between South Circle Drive and County Park Road had to wait or go around the scene of a rollover crash today, in which no one was injured. The crash happened when Maria Loutzenhiser lost control of her SUV and it rolled on the Highway around 3:15 this afternoon. The road was…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Aug. 19, through Monday, Aug. 25. Idyllwild • Aug. 19 — No responses. • Aug. 20 — Building fire. • Aug. 20 — Medical aid. • Aug. 21 — Three medical aids. • Aug. 22 — Five medical aids. • Aug. 23…
No major actions were taken at the July 24 meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission. The discussion of a patient satisfaction assessment process continued. Commissioner Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly shared a draft of a six-question survey with his colleagues. He stressed that a simple questionnaire would be more likely to generate responses than…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, Feb. 20 to Feb. 26: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Feb. 20 — Four walk-in medical aids. Feb. 21 — Medical aid, Deerfoot Lane, Idyllwild. Feb. 21 — Traffic collision, Highway 243 and Saunders Meadow Road, Idyllwild. Feb. 22 — Medical aid,…
The Cranston Fire was reported about 1 p.m. It has burned about 20 acres near the Forest Service’s Cranston Station and is about 50 percent contained, according to Carol Underhill, the Forest Service information officer. The cause is under investigation Highway 74 is closed to all traffic from Marshall on the west to Highway 243…