The growing number of pest-afflicted trees throughout California has forced the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to issue a draft emergency regulation to hasten the removal of dead and dying trees of any size. On May 7, Duane Shintaku, deputy director for Resource Management at Cal Fire, wrote to the Board and requested it…

Photo by Becky Clark California Highway Patrol Officer M.J. Murawski investigates the scene of a one-vehicle rollover on Highway 74 about 1-1/2 miles west of Highway 243 Wednesday afternoon. Nichole Hutton Darling, 32, of Idyllwild, was traveling eastbound on Highway 74 just before 3 p.m. in a 1989 red Jeep Cherokee when she apparently dozed…

Planning and financing a recycled water facility remains at the top of the Idyllwild Water District’s (IWD) agenda. IWD’s directors met with their consultants to discuss the next step and future options for obtaining approval and funding for the facility. Anuj Saha and Anders Wistrom of Ascend Engineering in Aiken, S.C., discussed their conversations with…