Some 150 residents packed into the Idyllwild Library on Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, to hear about the forecast for an El Niño fall and winter, bound for Southern California.
VIDEO: Idyllwild’s Mountain Disaster Preparedness presents “Prepared for El Niño” on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015
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Some 150 residents packed into the Idyllwild Library on Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, to hear about the forecast for an El Niño fall and winter, bound for Southern California.
At last week’s Board of Supervisors’ meeting, the county Registrar of Voters reported the precinct results from the Nov. 6 election. Hill voters were generally of a similar mind as voters throughout the local districts and the county. However, there were a few noticeable differences and the most striking was the local turnout. Hill precincts…
As June approaches, it appears that winter is finally receding from the Hill and surrendering to the traditional seasons of the calendar. Last week, there were three separate “winter weather advisories” issued for the Hill areas. The final advisory was from noon to midnight Sunday, May 26. Snow fell from San Jacinto Peak to flurries…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Oct. 7, through Monday, Oct. 13. Idyllwild • Oct. 7 — Walk-in medical aid. • Oct. 9 — False alarm or false call, Live Oak St. • Oct. 9 — Medical aid, North Circle Dr. • Oct. 10 — Walk-in medical aid. •…
Early in the morning of Friday, Jan. 30, a man and his son escaped a burning house in Idyllwild. While the entrance is on Marion View Drive, its location is about equally between Marion View and S. Circle drives. The fire caused power lines to fall on Marion View Drive, which was closed for several…
Rain returned to the Hill Sunday, Jan. 31, and all of the weather stations on the Hill have recorded more rain through midnight Sunday than the historic average through the end of January. In this latest storm, Pine Cove recorded 1.62 inches of rain for a total of 18.78 inches, which is nearly 4.5 more…
The Mount San Jacinto State Park received the Sponsor of the Year award from the California Conservation Corps (CCC) during a ceremony held on Jan. 26. Sector Superintendent Garratt Aitchison and District Superintendent Ron Krueper accepted the award on behalf of the park staff. “I was pleased to hear that during the nomination and voting…