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The Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) Board of Directors held its meeting last week. Directors Rose Venard and Lou Padula were absent.The approval of the March and April financial statements were tabled to the next meeting. Director Vicki Jakubac abstains from voting on the items due to her ties to SoCal Propane. The present board…
Terri Kasinga, Caltrans District 8 public information officer, confirmed stops signs have been installed by Caltrans on Southern California Edison’s Highway 243 project in the center of Idyllwild. Kasinga noted stop signs now require northbound motorists exiting the one-way lane on Highway 243 to stop before continuing north or turning right or left. Residents of…
Fire officials ordered mandatory evacuations for residents in Aguanga as the Buck fire grows in size and intensity. Evacuation orders affect residents north of Sage Road, south of Stanley Road, east of Benton Road and west of Reed Valley Road. At 6:05 p.m., the Incident Commander reported the Buck Fire was 1,800 acres and…
Back in 1994, Richard Alvarado started his career in the emergency medical field, a profession he hadn’t planned to pursue. “I didn’t want to be a paramedic at first. My goal was to become a firefighter, but I had to become an EMT first before I could become a firefighter. I saw the skills of…
The potential danger of the coming fire season, exacerbated by the number of dead and dying pines, was the main topic at the June 10 Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting. “Everyone can see what’s going on with the trees,” said Cal Fire Unit Forester Gregg Bratcher. “Garner Valley has been hit very hard.” The current…
Two solo-vehicle collisions occurred on Highway 74, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Matt Napier. A solo-vehicle collision occurred on Highway 74 west of McCall Park Road on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 12:05 p.m. Aaron Pratt, 32 years old of Temecula, was traveling westbound on Highway 74 on a black 2000 Kawasaki motorcycle when he…