
Idyllwild Fire Engineer Jack Peckham helps one Idyllwild School student with reaching the ketchup for his hotdog during Friday’s Red Ribbon Week® barbecue.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
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Idyllwild Fire Engineer Jack Peckham helps one Idyllwild School student with reaching the ketchup for his hotdog during Friday’s Red Ribbon Week® barbecue.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
The San Jacinto Mountains’ Community Wildfire Protection Plan was the topic at the May 8 Mountain Emergency Services Committee meeting. “It’s a huge community impact and is not done by the [fire or forest] agencies,” stressed Kathleen Henderson, Riverside County emergency services coordinator for the mountain. Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council Executive Director Edwina Scott…
On Thursday, Aug. 19, the California Public Utilities Commission authorized a 7.63% increase to Southern California Edison’s revenue requirement for 2021. SCE had requested a 19.03% increase. This results in $12.41 (or 8.9 percent) more monthly for a typical residential customer’s bill. The CPUC excluded more than $131 million of costs for executive compensation and…
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“Four years ago when I first came to Hemet Unified School District (HUSD), we had the opportunity to have a very powerful conversation with an individual by the name of Dr. Carl Cohn,” began Dr. Christi Barrett, superintendent for HUSD at this year’s State of the District on Oct. 10. Cohn, a professor at Claremont…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, April 29, to Monday, May 5. Idyllwild • April 30 — Two power-line-down calls. • April 30 — Two medical aids. • May 1 — Natural vegetation fire. • May 1 — Two power-line-down calls. • May 1 — Five medical aids….