The young black bear recently sighted in Idyllwild made his way here from Banning. He is believed to be a young male and is referred to as the “Rite Aid” bear since a picture of the bear was taken at the Rite Aid in Banning. He joins an existing and varied wildlife population with which Hill residents have learned to coexist.

During its Jan. 28 meeting, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission unanimously authorized Fire Chief Patrick Reitz to distribute a request for proposals to provide fire and emergency medical dispatch to the district. The RFP requests responses will be based on IFPD’s estimated future workload. For example, the RFP estimates that medical responses, the largest…

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of two heavy air-conditioning units from the roof of Village Market on the weekend of July 13. The units, two Daikin industrial air conditioners, had been supplied to Village Market by Tim Olivier’s Mountain Mechanical Heating and Air. Village Market is owned by Jay McCormack. Surveillance…