A power outage at 7:32 a.m. Christmas Eve, Saturday, that occurred when trees hit power lines, affected 631 customers in Idyllwild, according to Southern California Edison. Power was restored shortly after 6 p.m.

Friday afternoon, Oct. 27, the U.S. Forest Service contained a small near Bee Canyon. The Highway Fire was 3.5 acres and contained within hours of its report. The fire was about 1.5 miles from Highway 74 and west of Bee Canyon Road, according to Freddie Espinoza, District Fire Management Officer for the San Jacinto Ranger…

Sunday afternoon at about 4, Cal Fire firefighters responded to an emergency call concerning an injured dirt biker near Thomas Mountain. With assistance from the San Bernardino National Forest’s San Jacinto Ranger District firefighters, the responders located the biker in a remote area. Cal Fire Helicopter 301 was summoned to hoist the individual out of…

Last year, the California Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of its client, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire, filed a lawsuit in state court against Dr. Tarek M. Shawaf, and his employees, seeking millions of dollars in damages owing to the 2013 Mountain Fire, which began on his Mountain…