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The Hill has just passed through a very wet winter. One which has almost entirely eliminated drought conditions throughout the state. It is not too early to begin to think about what the atmospheric and oceanic environments will deliver in winter 2023-24. Last month, the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Climate Prediction Center stated, “… a…
In a primary race with multiple candidates, it is common for one with less name recognition to hurl comments at the leader in order to gain greater attention and try to improve their chances of winning a squeaky race. So one might expect one of the Republican gubernatorial candidates to fling a barb or two…
The California Highway Patrol reports that a mud and rock slide at 4:34 p.m. is blocking both sides of Highway 74 between Hemet and Mountain Center. As of 5:06 p.m., Caltrans had removed all the big rocks, but there is as yet no indication that the Highway is open.
A Riverside County Mobile Health Clinic brings free health care services to Idyllwild at Town Hall, usually the second Wednesday of every month. The next event is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 9. It will be the last time before school begins for incoming seventh-graders to recieve the whooping cough/Tdap vaccine. Town…
A rockslide has 243 blocked between Marion View and lower Saunders Meadow Road. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Phyllis Mueller has long served as caretaker for the Idyllwild Christmas sequoia — coordinating and often providing water, mulch, arborist spray and prayers — coordinating with arborist John Huddleston who volunteered his professional time to assist Mueller’s efforts to save the tree. “The tree has made improvement this year over last,” said Mueller, who founded…