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Photos: Last Week in Idyllwild: September 24, 2015
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The natural gas leak at the Aliso Canyon underground storage facility may affect Hill residents this summer. Reduced availability of natural gas may create power outages during peak days this summer. The California Energy Commission and three other public agencies released a report last week and held a public workshop Friday to address how the…
What was originally reported as an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) fatality is now considered a suspicious death in Mountain Center. The victim was identified as Jodi Newkirk, 46, of Mountain Center. At 5:07 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, Riverside County (RC) Fire and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) were dispatched to Bonita Vista Ranch on Bonita Vista…
More progress can be seen on the construction of the pavilion at the Community Center site …
After several months of negotiating, the Pine Cove Water District directors last week unanimously agreed to change the terms of their lease with Riverside County for a Rocky Point cell tower. The county initiated the request last summer. The amendment to the existing lease, which will be effective April 1, will increase the rental payment…
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has settled its lawsuit against Dr. Tarek M. Al-Shawaf and his two employees, James and Donna Nowlin, for $1,566,666, according to a copy of the formal settlement agreement received from the California Attorney General’s Office in response to the Town Crier’s formal California Public Records…
UPDATE: At 6 p.m. all mandatory evacuations were lifted. Residents with identification were allowed to return to previously evacuated areas. Earlier this evening, Anza Electric Cooperative announced that power was restored to all homes affected by an outage caused by the fire. Officials are calling lightning the cause of a massive wild land fire…