Monitoring of underground leakage of petroleum products is continuing near and around the Chevron Station in Idyllwild. The County’s Department of Environmental Health is awaiting funding approval from the State to begin a pilot test of a soil vapor extraction process, which has been successfully used at two other Hill sites. During the first quarter…

The spate of recent fires dominated the discussion at the recent Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission meeting. IFPD was very busy during each of them, Chief Patrick Reitz reported. Often the department was receiving more than two calls per minute with questions about the fires’ status. While IFPD was a cooperating agency during the Mountain…

This is not news: Southern California Edison (SCE) provides electricityto Hill residents, (except for those off the grid or customers of AnzaElectric Cooperative). Tired of confusing and utility-favoring decisionsfrom the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)? This is news: For residents and small-business owners, your April SCEelectricity bill will have an $86 credit. This will be…