Vector control was the topic at last week’s Mountain Emergency Services Committee meeting. With the expectation of above-normal precipitation this winter, Kathleen Henderson, the Riverside County emergency services coordinator for the mountain, thought a discussion of how to deal with mosquitoes and other disease carriers would be helpful for local residents. Doug Osborn, the supervising…

The Town Hall recreation program, run by the county, has recently been loudly criticized by residents of County Service Area 36 (Idyllwild and Fern Valley) for not being responsive to resident interests and for not disclosing how CSA 36 tax dollars are specifically being used to fund recreation. In response to complaints, 3rd District Supv….