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On Wednesday May 20, CAL FIRE/Riverside County Firefighters, in cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and The Nature Conservancy will conduct a prescribed burn of 99 acres on the Santa Rosa Plateau. The burn is necessary to eliminate non-native grasses and weeds from the Burro Mesa plot and the Colorado plot on…
A magnitude 3.5 quake, the fourth since June 7 over magnitude 3 to strike near the Idyllwild area, occurred at 6:53 a.m. Sunday, June 25. The quake epicenter was 5 miles north-northwest of Banning at a depth of 8.6 miles. A June 7 quake measured magnitude 3.2 and was near Cabazon, one on June 9…
A new ATM has been installed in the Idyllwild branch BBVA Compass bank building in Idyllwild, replacing the Bank of America ATM previously in the same location. BBVA Branch Manager Jeri Sue Haney confirmed the new ATM was installed during the first week of November. “It makes it so much easier for us,” she said….
According to USFS PIO Kate Kramer, we can thank the Southridge, Westridge and Shady fuel breaks for keeping the Cranston Fire from burning Idyllwild. The fire is traveling east. A Type 1 Incident Command Team is being set up near Lake Hemet by 6:00 p.m. Thursday. Firefighters are expecting temperatures exceeding 100 degrees today. From…
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit west-northwest of Big Bear Lake just before 10 a.m. The tremor was felt in the San Jacinto Mountains. Earlier, the U.S. Geological Survey reported two 4.6-magnitude earthquakes in the area but updated that to one 4.6 and one 2.7 magnitude, and now one at 3.4 magnitude at about the same time…
Editor’s note: At its Jan. 19 meeting, the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors selected George Rowell as the fifth director. He replaces Charles Wix, who resigned in 2017. Since Rowell did not campaign for the position, the Town Crier interviewed him so the community would have some knowledge of the new water director….