PHOTOS: 2012 Audubon Society bird count
Despite wonderful spring weather, or perhaps because of the heat, only seven bald eagles were seen during the final bald eagle count of the 2014-15 winter. Just a month ago, the February count recorded 17 bald eagles around the multiple lakes in Southern California. Last Saturday, bald eagles were observed at six different lakes in…
Editor’s note: On Sept. 27, 2023, the Wildland Fire Mitigation andManagement Commission released its 340-page report that included 148recommendations to the administration as well Congress and the state,local and tribal governments. On March 12, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resourcesheld a hearing with members of the administration and of the commission.(See the…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, March 11 to 17. Idyllwild • March 11 — Public disturbance, 1:48 p.m., Strawberry Valley Dr. Handled by deputy. • March 11 — Suspicious vehicle, 6:03 p.m., Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy. • March 11 — Illegal…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Board of Commissioners of met Tuesday, Nov. 17 with commissioners Stephanie Yost and Dennis Fogle absent. On the agenda for the closed session following the public session was the performance evaluation of Chief Mark LaMont. Following the evaluation, Commissioner Henry Sawicki reported that the evaluation was “very favorable.” The…
In the middle of September, two Idyllwild Water District directors unexpectedly resigned but Acting Board President John Cook asserted that the vacancies would remain unfilled until a special election was called, no earlier than March. Whoever won that election would have to be re-elected for a full term in August. After the meeting ended abruptly…
The driver of the Porsche that went over the side of Highway 74 Sunday morning and resulted in the death of a 5-month-old child was arrested and booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center, Thursday, May 5. Marcus Novell Green, 51, of Thermal, was charged by the district attorney with murder with malice aforthought…