Firefighters are fighting a small fire in the San Jacinto State Park Wilderness area. U.S. Forest Service Keenwild Helitack 535 is making water drops and the fire is only 20-feet-by-50-feet.
Fire in wilderness
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Firefighters are fighting a small fire in the San Jacinto State Park Wilderness area. U.S. Forest Service Keenwild Helitack 535 is making water drops and the fire is only 20-feet-by-50-feet.
CalFire and Idyllwild Fire responded to a house fire in the 53000 block of Sherman Drive at 9:26 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, November 28. CalFire Public Information Officer Tawny Castro provided the following information: The first engine to arrive found a two-story structure “well involved with fire.” The fire was contained shortly after 10:30 a.m….
Pacific Crest Trail hikers are a special breed. There are only a few thousand world-wide. The number of hikers who finish the 2,600-mile trail is now approaching 3,000. Unfortunately, this past season, David O’Sullivan from County Cork, Ireland, did not finish his trek. O’Sullivan has not been seen since his visit to Idyllwild in early…
Cal FireCal Fire recently responded to the following calls by station. Station 23 – Pine Cove• July 1 — Other – cover, 12:12 a.m.• July 1 — Traffic collision, 10:38 a.m.• July 3 — Vegetation fire, 3:23 p.m.• July 4 — Vegetation fire, 10:50 a.m.• July 5 — Traffic collision, 8:21 a.m.• July 6 —…
Directors of the Idyllwild Water District met Wednesday, Feb. 13, to discuss both short- and long-term goals for new General Manager Michael Creighton. Each director offered his ideas for goals, and Creighton made some general comments and will provide a proposed plan at the Feb. 20 meeting. Director David Hunt offered three short-term and three…
Recently enforced e-waste disposal fees at the Idyllwild Transfer Station, ($25 per electronic waste item for televisions, computer screens or similarly covered electronic items) are not the only fees local residents desiring to responsibly recycle and dispose of electronic waste will have to pay. Consumers may actually be paying twice to recycle certain items. As…
You may have noticed an unnamed black and gold helicopter flying for 30 to 45 minutes over Idyllwild last Friday afternoon. The helicopter is leased by WaveRider Helicopters of Oceanside from November Alpha LLC. Kurt Dawson, owner/pilot of WaveRider, said his company was contracted by a surveyor to survey the power grid in our area. “The surveyor was probably hired by SCE,” he said, and Dawson and an employee were given a map to survey problems in the grid such things as trees in the power lines.