Idyllwild Fire is telling us that the smoke you smell and see in the air is blowing in from the Camp Pendleton area.
Smoke in the air
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Idyllwild Fire is telling us that the smoke you smell and see in the air is blowing in from the Camp Pendleton area.
Fire log Editor’s note: The logs will now be categorized by area. The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Feb. 11 to Monday, Feb. 17: Idyllwild Feb. 11 — Two medical aids, Idyllwild. Feb. 12 — Two medical aids, Idyllwild. Feb. 13 — Medical aid, Idyllwild. Feb. 13 — False alarm/false…
On Tuesday morning, Jan. 12, Highway 243 remained closed between Idyllwild and Pine Cove, and Caltrans had no estimate of when the highway would re-open to traffic. A boulder fell onto the highway late Sunday night at Deadman’s Curve, which resulted in the road’s closure. To remove the boulder, Caltrans rented specially fabricated equipment (a…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has approved some major changes to its Ordinance 927.2, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” (STRs). Some of those changes include caps or limits on the number of STRs in Idyllwild (and Pine Cove) and the Wine Country. Also, there will be a minimum distance required between future new STRs. The…
In a busy first meeting of the year, Idyllwild Water District directors addressed familiar topics such as employee benefits, additional water service to the Idyllwild Arts campus and current water conservation status. As part of a continuing review to accommodate employee benefits and the district’s financial resources, the board set a cap on future employee…
On Oct. 25, 2022, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors agreed to impose a moratorium on issuing new certificates for short-term rentals (STRs) in the Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Wine Country areas of Riverside County. The moratorium on issuing new certificates was to last until Sept. 9, 2023. Before the moratorium deadline, the county has…