“Homeless is not a crime. This is not a war on homelessness,” repeated Riverside County Sheriff’s Lt. Zach Hall. He, with deputies from the Sheriff’s Department’s Homeless Outreach Team, fire officials from all the local agencies and law enforcement for several federal and state agencies, were in Idyllwild to discuss the fire threat posed from…

Mutual aid revenues increasing Through the end of its first quarter of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District has a negative balance. However, that is usual for IFPD and many special districts that do not begin receiving property-tax revenue until December. The district’s finance committee reviewed the first-quarter data…