Long-term weather forecasting gets complicated The future may be uncertain, but the past was clearly visible at Thursday evening’s Mountain Disaster Preparedness meeting. Alex Tardy, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s San Diego office, described several recent weather events, such as the drought, the summer and winter temperatures, and rainfall, with superlatives —…

In a surprising turn to those who attended the June 11 Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission meeting, President Jeannine Charles-Stigall withdrew from its agenda the items requesting Commissioner Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly’s resignation and the censure resolution. Without explanation, Stigall said those and the vote on whether Schelly should remain vice-president would not be addressed…

The California Department of Public Health detected plague during a routing testing of a ground squirrel from the San Jacinto Mountains said Riverside County Director of Disease Control Barbara Cole. The ground squirrel tested positive for exposure to fleas infected with bacteria that can cause plague, Riverside officials said. “CDPH did confirm recently the presence…