Idyllwild Fire Protection District Chief Patrick Reitz attended the Fern Valley Water District board meeting to discuss how his department and the district could work more cooperatively. Of particular concern, Reitz said at the Friday, Dec. 21, meeting, were district hydrants and who, district or department, had responsibility for identifying, maintaining and testing the hydrants….

Nobody submitted a correct answer last week so the contest carries over to this week with a new photo of the same site that includes more clues, and we add the following verbal clue: “Central corner.” You are challenged to identify the particular spot depicted in this Hill photograph (shown below). It might be the…

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At the Fern Valley Water District board meeting, General Manager Steve Erler noted that decreased water pressure cited by some firefighters responding to the Howland fire may have been the result of an older 4-inch line feeding Howland. “Firefighters took water from the hydrants at the dead end at the top of Howland and from…