Vic Scavarda next Idyllwild representative on Hemet Unified School District Board
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Scavarda and three other candidates met with the HUSD Board, Tuesday afternoon, June 4. After an hour of answering questions, mostly about their qualifications and what skills and talents they would bring to the board, Director Lisa DeForest nominated Scavarda for the approaching vacancy, Director Jim Smith seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous 6-0.
Sanborn had excused himself from the decision.
Danny Richardson, American Legion Post 800 commander, said his board has decided to close the Legion as a community Warming Center. “It was a board decision,” said Richardson, a strong advocate for using the Legion as a warming center. “They had concerns over liability.” Richardson said he has already notified the county and the Community Action Partnership.
The squabbles between the Riverside County supervisors and the elected sheriff continued during the board’s Feb. 6 meeting. Although County Executive Officer George Johnson reported that Sheriff Stan Sniff had eliminated the projected $30 million deficit in his department’s budget for the current fiscal year, he noted that the staff attrition necessary to accomplish this…
Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire and the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) are back at it collecting unwrapped toys or sports equipment this season. Drop off the unwrapped items to your local Cal Fire station by Dec. 24 and/or IFPD station by Dec. 19. Toys collected at the IFPD station will go to the Idyllwild HELP…
After a nearly four hour budget workshop, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) commission recognizes the perilous financial condition of the district. “The best case is November, but it could be August or as early as April,” former Crest Line Fire Chief Mike Sherman told the commission. He was referring to the possibility of the…
According to California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Murawski, Freddie Meza, 30, of Murrieta was driving north on Highway 243 near mile marker 19 at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, when he lost the brakes in his semi truck carrying concrete from a demolished building in Pine Cove. Meza plowed the truck into an embankment to stop the vehicle. Neither Meza nor his passenger, Hernan Orozco, 26, of San Bernardino, were injured in the solo traffic collision.
Only one traffic incident took place on Hill roads during the last week. At 12:10 p.m. Friday, June 24, Paul Student, 68, of Moreno Valley, was driving his 2003 white Ford Ranger southbound on Highway 243, 2,000 feet south of Mt. Edna Road. According to the California Highway Patrol report, Student was traveling too fast…
