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A Santa Ana wind event combined with near-record low fuel moisture posed a substantial fire threat through last weekend. The National Weather Service had forecast a Red Flag warning from early Friday morning, Oct. 4 through Sunday evening, Oct. 6. Besides the immediate threat that the weekend’s winds created, fire officials are concerned about it…
Officials with the San Bernardino National Forest raised fire restrictions Thursday, May 26, due to the danger from current and anticipated worsening conditions, such as drying vegetation and continued hot temperatures. Lower elevations of the forest have reached critically dry fuel moisture levels this week, causing fire officials to raise fire restrictions almost one month…
The Pinyon Fire was fully controlled Saturday, March 16. However investigators reported that the charred remains of person was found in a burned vehicle near the fire site. The California Highway Patrol, with investigators from the Hemet station, the coroner’s office, and the Cal-Fire Arson Unit responded to the scene. Based on the condition of…
At about 10 p.m. Easter night, a 75-foot-by-75-foot vegetation fire in heavy brush broke out on Saunders Meadow Road, south of the Idyllwild Transfer Station. The Idyllwild Fire Department quickly contained it, said Chief Patrick Reitz. The U.S. Forest Service responded to the scene and the two agencies controlled the Saunders Fire. The Forest Service is investigating the cause of the fire.
At about 6:25 p.m. Monday, June 25, on Highway 243 near mile marker 19.7 in Poppet Flats, a motorist stopped his vehicle at a dirt shoulder to take photos of the panoramic San Gorgonio Pass below, according to the California Highway Patrol. As the driver walked to the edge of the road, he saw an…
At its Aug. 23 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a change to the days the local grinding facility is open. Beginning Friday, Sept. 2, the facility will be open three days per week — all during the week and no weekend days. The new schedule will be from 8 a.m. to 4…