Driver leaves scene of Hwy. 243 crash

Two different medical aids occurred in Garner Valley last week. During a training exercise, a Cal Fire captain was injured. He was evaluated and transported to a hospital. “He is improving and doing well,” said Capt. Fernando Herrera. The second incident involved a hiker on Morris Ranch Road. A rattlesnake bit the hiker. Due to…
By Marshall Smith Staff Reporter The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Board of Commissioners met in regular session with new commissioner Henry Sawicki attending. All commissioners were present, as were Fire Chief Patrick Reitz and Administrative Assistant Rachel Teeguarden. In significant action items, the board voted unanimously to: • approve financials. With a fiscal-year budget of…
County Service Area (CSA) 38 advisory committee was dissolved last week by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors during their regular meeting. The committee was appointed by Riverside County Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington and served the area of Pine Cove. CSA 38 funding comes from an Ad-Valorem tax (property tax) for enhanced structural fire…
Charles “Chic” Fojtik and wife Pamela were firework show devotees prior to moving to the Hill. Pamela, who died on Christmas Day 2016, missed the fireworks but loved living on the Hill after moving here from the South Bay in 2004. Fojtik, along with friend, gallery owner and former Art Alliance President Gary Kuscher, hope…
Q. When should the tags be taken off new clothes? -Wally, Escondido A. You can’t take the tags off right away or people won’t know you’re wearing new clothes. The exception is that long, clear strip that says “EXTRA LARGE” on it 12 times. You should pull that one off or it will look like…
In the second week of the second year of our Membership model, Membership renewals are pouring in. We already have 98 renewed, second-year Members. (They, along with six new members, are a part of our currently 658 active Members.) Thanks to you all! You are demonstrating that our readers want and deserve a continued community…