
PHOTOS: Last Week in Idyllwild: May 28, 2015
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By Flavia Mangan ColganContributor Flavia Mangan Colgan is a former political commentator and newscorrespondent who works as a writer and in the nonprofit sector. Shelives in Idyllwild and San Diego. Corporate influence on the single-family home market is growing at adisturbing rate and is a nefarious problem that deserves more scrutiny.Institutional investors have advantages over…
All five Fern Valley Water District board members were present at the district’s last meeting. General Manager Victor Jimenez told the board the district would be receiving a credit on the siren pole for the siren emergency alert system at the Idyllwild Fire Station. The pole was donated by Sturgeon Electric. The company also installed…
A recently released study of 20 years of wildfires found humans caused the vast majority of wildfires. While climate change has contributed to the lengthening of fire season and vulnerability of forested land, the ultimate cause of wildfires is most often a human being — both intentionally (arson) and carelessly. The study, recently published in…
The third bald eagle count of the 2015-16 winter found 14 bald eagles (seven adults and seven juveniles) throughout Southern California, according to John Miller, public affairs officer for the San Bernardino National Forest. Last month, after the heavy snowstorm, only four eagles were seen. Two adult eagles were spotted at Lake Hemet. In January,…
Editor’s Note: This rollout of new credit card technology will be gradual. The Town Crier will follow it as it progresses and will be interested to hear from both merchant and card user issues as they develop. Beginning Thursday, Oct. 1, in order to tamp down credit card fraud, United States credit card giants MasterCard,…
Community meeting Thursday, Nov. 29 Fire officials have scheduled a community meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Idyllwild Nature Center. Officials from various fire agencies will be present to discuss their plans for several prescribed burns on the Hill during the winter. The areas where the burns will occur are Stone Creek,…