While Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang did not issue a final ruling on the litigation between the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and Cal Fire regarding the legality of the state fire protection fee, the tentative ruling at the Dec. 8 hearing supported the state’s argument that HJTA took too long moving the case forward. “CALFIRE’s motion…

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 10. Below is the Bell Schedule for the start and close of the school day for both Idyllwild School and Hemet High School. Idyllwild Grades, Days, School’s in, School’s out 1-5, Mon.-Thurs., 8:14 a.m., 2:42 p.m. 1-5, Fridays, 8:14 a.m., 1:42 p.m. 1-5, Minimum days, 8:14 a.m.,…

Jack Clark Co-publisher We received an email from a Member in Costa Mesa who wished to cancel his TC Membership because of a front-page piece in last week’s paper. The Member wrote it was “a vaccine hit piece” that he believed was intended to discourage our readers from being vaccinated by referencing out-of-context statements from…

Fire scientists from Maryland, Colorado and Riverside have collaborated to combine fire modeling with satellite data to develop a new method for predicting wildfire behavior in near real time. The resulting predictions will be more accurate and revised based on the fire’s actual behavior. For years, fire experts have researched and designed models for predicting…