
Sparks spewing from a chimney in Royal Pines prompted a call to 911 around 7:15p.m. Wednesday night. Idyllwild Fire responded to the scene and quickly located the issue. No injuries were reported and the scene was cleared within about a half hour.
Small structure fire Feb. 13
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Sparks spewing from a chimney in Royal Pines prompted a call to 911 around 7:15p.m. Wednesday night. Idyllwild Fire responded to the scene and quickly located the issue. No injuries were reported and the scene was cleared within about a half hour.
As you head toward Banning on Highway 243 it’s easy to miss Twin Pines Road on your right as you speed off the mountain. If you venture down that road, you’ll pass acres of charred manzanita and live oaks that testify to the awesome devastation, which the Esperanza Fire created here in 2006.
Last week, Idyllwild Water District Director Steve Kunkle announced his resignation from the Board. His resignation is effective Oct.1. In his letter to Board President Dr. Charles Schelly, Kunkle wrote, “I am resigning for personal reasons and will drop off running in the future election.” His current term expires Dec. 6. He was seeking re-election…
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council is beginning to revise the 2006 Community Wildfire Protection Plan. More than 25 firefighters and land managers met at the FSC’s offices on Franklin Drive Wednesday to begin work on updating the eight-year-old plan. CWPPs were originally authorized by the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003. One of the…
Cool and wet, yesterday, today and tomorrow Cool, if not cold for May, and wet describes the Hill’s weather for most of May and probably through the end of the month. For the first three weeks of May, the average daytime temperature recorded at the Idyllwild Fire Station has been 52.2 degrees, which is nearly…
Last week, just before press time, another missing person was brought to the attention of the newspaper. Luis Alberto Artieda “was last known to be in Idyllwild from June 26 to 29,” according to a flyer. “His car was found on La Mirada Road and Ramona Road near North Lyyken Trailhead in the city of…
On July 20, Gov. Edmund G. Brown announced the appointment of Timothy J. Hollenhorst to the vacant judgeship in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside. Hollenhorst, 41, of Riverside, has received an interim appointment for a judgeship. In June, he was elected to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge James…