A wildland Fire was reported at 2:19 p.m. Thursday, May 17, in Winchester, west of Hemet. The fire is 1,261 acres and is 40 percent contained as of 7:21 p.m.
Smoke in our mountains coming from Winchester
By Jack Clark
A wildland Fire was reported at 2:19 p.m. Thursday, May 17, in Winchester, west of Hemet. The fire is 1,261 acres and is 40 percent contained as of 7:21 p.m.
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District has canceled its Tuesday, March 27 meeting. The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, April 10. Fern Valley Water District has scheduled a special meeting for 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 28. The subject will be vesting of employee health insurance benefits for newly hired employees. A. Resolution No. 525: Electing…
Former idyllwild School teacher, Vic Scavarda, was selected to replace retiring Hemet Unified School District Director Bill Sanborn on the District’s Governing Board in July. Scavarda and three other candidates met with the HUSD Board, Tuesday afternoon, June 4. After an hour of answering questions, mostly about their qualifications and what skills and talents they…
Two non-injury, single-vehicle traffic incidents occurred on Hill roads last week. At 11:45 a.m. Thursday, April 20, Joe Gutierrez, 26, of Riverside, was driving a red 1998 GMC Sierra west on Highway 74, two-tenths of a mile west of Fobes Ranch Road, when his vehicle veered to the left, crossed over the double-yellow line and…
On Monday, Oct. 3, Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington and Charissa Leach, the county’s director of the Transportation and Land Management Agency, headlined a Town Hall meeting geared toward learning local sentiments regarding short-term rentals (STRs) in the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area. Opening the meeting, Washington asked that civility be maintained by those in attendance, and…
A single person attended the latest Mountain Emergency Service Committee meeting. But Kathleen Henderson, the Riverside County emergency services coordinator for the mountain, briefly discussed the county’s plans to help residents on the Hill and throughout the county prepare for the impending El Niño event. (See other story, this page.) The county’s new Emergency Management…
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Jan. 7 to 14, 2013: