Students of the Week: September 26, 2013
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Last week, the National Weather Service raised the probability that an El Niño event will continue through the winter to 95 percent, up from the August estimate of 90 percent. The event is expected to gradually weaken in the spring. “El Niño is now strong with a 95 percent chance it will last through the…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District is soliciting community members to join its Finance Committee. Fire Chief Patrick Reitz says interested citizens will be considered at the fire commission’s Jan. 14 meeting. An application and the resolution establishing the committee’s function and compostion can be found at the district’s website, http://idyllwildfire.com. The application asks for name,…
Joel FeingoldPhotographer Michelle Bowman, who lives in the Country Club Drive house where a tree fell Friday night, said they heard a loud explosion at about 9:20 p.m. At first they thought it was an earthquake, but there was no shaking. They went outside and saw sparks from all of their electrical lines. A very…
U.S. Forest Service is on scene Monday afternoon of a small fire allegedly started by a transient. Transient was on scene. Law enforcement is to respond. No threat to vegetation. Small fire started in the river bottom of the South Fork of the San Jacinto River about a mile east of Cranston Guard Station.
Mayor Max of Idyllwild, also known as Maximus Might-Dog Mueller, passed away quietly in his sleep on Tuesday, April 2, after a three-year battle with cancer. No one who met and experienced this loving spirit, even in the most recent weeks, could have know that his health had been a serious issue for the last…
Stephanie Yost President, Idyllwild Community Center Idyllwild’s Tree Lighting Ceremony, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 26, will honor traditions old and new. This year’s traditional festivities will include two live entertainment stages, numerous activity and gift booths managed by local nonprofit organizations, roaming costume characters, four local food vendors and a sleigh for family…