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During a recent Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council inspection, Eliott Taylor closely examines a tree trunk for signs of the Goldenspotted Oak Borer.


Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, July 30 to Aug. 5. Idyllwild • July 30 — 911 call, 11:05 a.m., Cowbell Alley. Handled by deputy. • July 30 — Civil dispute, 12:18 p.m., Rockdale Dr. Handled by deputy. • July 30 — Public disturbance,…
At 6 a.m., the tentative election results have one clear message. The Primary election was boring for California voters. Turnout was will be less than 40 percent. The Riverside County Registrar’s Office has counted about 193,000 ballots, which is 20 percent of registered voters. Another 123,000 remain to be counted, 102,000 of that total are…
Mountain Disaster Preparedness is a local nonprofit that has a number of working groups within it, including its CERT (Community Emergency Response Team.) This group undergoes training that includes many aspects of emergency response, including first aid. CERT’s regular meetings are the first Thursday of the month and are held in the meeting room of…
The Town Crier recently joined a new association for small newspapers, the California Independent News Alliance. It is the brainchild of Laura Rearwin Ward, Publisher of the Ojai Valley News and Ventura County Sun, as well as Editor of Ojai Magazine, and Director of the Ojai Valley News Foundation. The group held their second annual conference…...
Walk-ins welcomed for new passports By US Postal ServiceContributed The United States Postal Service will hold a passport fair for first-time passport applicants at Redlands Lugonia Post Office, 404 New York St., in Redlands from 1-6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23. No appointment necessary. Customers have the option of applying for a passport book (good…
Fortunately the Mountain Fire skirted Idyllwild and the town was spared any damage. Most residents suffered and endured the inconvenience of having to evacuate for four nights. But the fire and subsequent evacuation posed a greater and more difficult challenge for some, particularly clients of the Idyllwild HELP Center, according to Executive Director Karen Patterson….