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Aimed at curbing nuisance and noise activity, Ordinance 927 adopted by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors requires owners of short-term rentals in the county’s unincorporated areas to register their properties. Short-term rental owners must pay an annual registration fee, be subject to a 10 percent annual transient occupancy tax, and comply with guidelines to…
Pleased and concerned over new IWD GM Dear editor:I was very pleased to read that the Idyllwild Water District (IWD) interim general manager (GM) talked about the importance of teamwork and team-building. I truly hope that means working with our current IWD team and not trying to solve problems by hiring and firing. It is…
Pine Cove Water District residents will have a choice of three candidates for the two director seats up for election in the August mail-in ballot election. Diana Eskew and Timothy Lange, both board members in their first election, and one challenger — Sharon Kaffen — are the candidates. Voted ballots must be received by the…
Continuing what it believes has worked well, the Pine Cove Water District board of directors re-elected the officers that have headed the board for the past several years — President Tom McCullough, Vice President Mike Esnard and Secretary Lou Padula.
Wednesday morning about 7:45 a.m., a 2.6 magnitude earthquake occurred on the Hill. The quake was less than a mile west southwest of Idyllwild and Pine Cove. No damage has been reported.
Probation revoked Michael Darranger Kellner, 24, of Idyllwild, failed to appear in court for his Nov. 7 hearing so the District Attorney’s Office motioned to revoke his probation from earlier convictions. As a consequence, Judge Dennis A. McConaghy, who presided over the scheduled hearing, did revoke probation, and issued a warrant and citation for Kellner,…