Local restaurateur Luis Solis Delgado, 44, of Idyllwild, went before the Riverside County Superior Court last Friday for his preliminary hearing. According to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, “This is not a trial — but it is a hearing at which the judge determines if there is sufficient evidence to require the defendant to…

The commissioners for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District adopted a budget for fiscal year 2015-16 at their Aug. 25 meeting. The adopted budget modifies a preliminary budget approved in June. The major change was increasing revenues by $162,000 to $1.86 million from the original estimate of $1.70 million. The principal reason is the expected reimbursement…

Forecast to be higher next winter Editor’s Note: The winter heating season historically runs October through March. This ends our review of Hill propane prices for the winter of 2016-17. Propane price have held steady over the last two weeks. The spot (point-of-production) price is down from $0.733 per gallon two weeks ago to $0.628…

At about 1:45 p.m. Monday, July 15, the Mountain Fire began burning near Highway 243. The fire began on the west side of Highway 243 but quickly jumped the road and began blazing through the U.S. Forest Service Keenwild Guard Station grounds. Tuesday afternoon, the fire was burning the wilderness above Garner Valley and working…