Pine Cove Water District residents will have a choice of three candidates for the two director seats up for election in the August mail-in ballot election. Diana Eskew and Timothy Lange, both board members in their first election, and one challenger — Sharon Kaffen — are the candidates. Voted ballots must be received by the…

The Rosa fire, which started on the afternoon of Monday August 4, had grown to 1,200 acres by 8 p.m. with 0% containment. Maps showed the fire spreading eastward, away from the Santa Rosa Indian Reservation. Seven zones were under evacuation orders, an area North of Highway 74/Springcrest Dr., South of Alpine Rd., East of…

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the U.S Department of the Interior Wednesday, Feb. 12, for failing to develop a recovery plan for Southern California’s mountain yellow-legged frogs. Although the frogs have been protected under the Endangered Species Act for more than a decade, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has yet…

Idyllwild Fire The Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Sunday to Saturday, Dec. 25 to 31. • Dec. 25 — Smoke or odor problem, investigate. Laurel Dr. • Dec. 26 — EMS. Strawberry Valley Dr. • Dec. 26 — Gas leak. Rocky Way. • Dec. 26 — Residential BBQ. Hwy. 243. •…