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Negative balances for CalPERS and retiree healthcare At its Nov. 28 meeting, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission heard Chris Brown, partner in Fedak and Brown of Riverside, present its audit of IFPD’s fiscal year 2016-17. “We have reported an unmodified, clean opinion,” he was pleased to announce to the commission. “That is the best…
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) was awarded a grant to continue the San Jac Fuels Reduction program. The new phase began Nov. 1 and will include Pinyon Pines, Garner Valley, Mountain Center, Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Poppet Flats. The grant is for $200,000 with a matching amount of $200,000. California Fire Safe Council…
Two 3.2-magnitude earthquakes, one early Wednesday morning and the second early Friday morning, were felt on the Hill. The epicenter of the first quake was 3.1 miles south/southwest of Cabazon and occurred at 12:12 a.m. Wednesday, June 7. The second was 8 miles south of Idyllwild and was felt locally at 2:24 a.m. Friday, June…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday, Aug. 12, to Monday, Aug. 19: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Aug. 13 — Medical aid, Idyllwild. Aug. 14 — Three medical aids, Idyllwild. Aug. 15 — Two medical aids, Idyllwild. Aug. 15 — Rescue, Idyllwild. Aug. 15 — Cover assignment, Mountain Center Aug….
Throughout their lives, all of the people in this annual tribute were connected to Idyllwild. And because these are such small communities, many of the names that appear in Town Crier obituaries have appeared in past pages of the Town Crier when those people were alive. In that sense, they live on in the written…
The Caltrans announced that Interstate 10 is closed between Route 86 and the Arizona State Line. Sunday’s severe storm caused a section of eastbound I-10 to collapse. The westbound direction was severely undermined at Tex Wash (Adair Overcrossing), about 44 miles east of Route 86 (Coachella) and 42 miles west of the Arizona State Line….