CERT refresher course

Photo by John Drake
Approves filling staff vacancies Fire abatement inspections began this month. This year, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission plans tougher response with property owners who fail to comply with abatement requirements. At the April 23 meeting, Acting Fire Chief Mark LaMont listed the state laws and county ordinances that provide authorization for fire districts to…
As of Monday, Sept. 25, four free COVID-19 test kits may be ordered per household through COVIDtests.gov. The tests will detect the currently circulating COVID-19 variants and are intended for use through the end of 2023. The kits will include instructions on how to verify extended expiration dates. Many kits have had their expiration dates…
At the last Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission meeting, Paul Riggi, president of Volunteer Company 621, mentioned federal legislation that may benefit volunteer fire companies such as Idyllwild’s. H.R. 343 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to encourage people to volunteer for firefighting or emergency medical service. The bill would allow individuals to value each…
Idyllwild local Peter Davison has always had an interest in music. He began playing the flute when he was six years old. Starting at such a young age, Davison was ahead of the music game early on in life. Playing an instrument like the flute led him to play in the LA City Orchestra at…
Charles “Chic” Fojtik and wife Pamela were firework show devotees prior to moving to the Hill. Pamela, who died on Christmas Day 2016, missed the fireworks but loved living on the Hill after moving here from the South Bay in 2004. Fojtik, along with friend, gallery owner and former Art Alliance President Gary Kuscher, hope…
April showers fell on the Hill as the month ended. But these were kinder and gentler than the February downpours, and many April flowers have already bloomed. At the U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station, 0.4 of an inch was recorded Monday. This brings the total recorded rainfall at Keenwild to 28.27 inches since Oct….