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Cal Fire announced that local firefighters will burn pile on 5 acres east of Highway 243 across from Lawler Lodge during the week of Jan. 26. Burning operations will typically begin after 7:30 a.m. and conclude by 3 p.m. This is part of a pre-fire plan to remove hazardous fuel-loading conditions within Dark Canyon and…
Riverside County has provided Station 23 (Pine Cove) with a new engine. This engine is 5 years old and was originally assigned to a desert station. With a tight turning radius, it will be an added benefit to the Hill’s firefighting force.
About 7:40 a.m., this morning, April 14, a 2.9 magnitude earthquake shook the Hill. It was located about 7 miles south southwest of Idyllwild and 10 miles southeast of Valle Vista.
James Ivor Campbell, 46, Idyllwild recreation director, died Thursday, March 19, at his home in Idyllwild reportedly of complications from a blood clot in his lungs associated with a hereditary blood disease called Factor V Leiden. Discovered by a friend shortly after 1 p.m., Campbell had apparently been dead for several hours by the time…
A house fire in Pine Cove was contained to 20 percent of the structure Thursday night, Oct. 17. The 1,500-square-foot, single-story family dwelling was reported on fire about 9:15 p.m. In less than hour, firefighters from Station 23 (Pine Cove) and other Riverside County/Cal Fire stations had the fire contained and most of the building…
Sammy Busby offers acting classes at Hilltop Music and Acting Studio foradults and teens. He is calling his enterprise SHB Acting Studio, usinghis initials and making a nod to his training at New York City’s HBStudio with Uta Hagan, whose book A Challenge for the Actor will be thetext for the classes. The classes will…