Riverside County’s new Emergency Management Department has issued a request for proposal to replace the current emergency warning notification system, commonly referred to as “reverse 911,” with a new system. The current system became operational during the summer of 2007. The RFP was released Sept. 28. The bids are due on Thursday, Nov. 5, and…

By Kathy Keane Local Wildlife Biologist and Ornithologist Special to the Town Crier As you learned in my article in last week’s Town Crier, Idyllwild residents share our natural areas with a form of the Southern Pacific Rattlesnake. It carries a type of venom that can incapacitate a human until antivenom is administered or kill…