Helping to protect Idyllwild from devastation are many local firefighters, from Idylwild Fire, Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service, San Jacinto Ranger District. Here are few:




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Helping to protect Idyllwild from devastation are many local firefighters, from Idylwild Fire, Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service, San Jacinto Ranger District. Here are few:




Mt. San Jacinto State Park Superintendent Mark Hudgens announced that the Willow Creek Trial, closed by the 2013 Mountain Fire, is now open. “With the dedication and hard work of both [state] Parks and [U.S.] Forest Service staff and volunteers, the trail has been cleared and is now safe to travel upon.” The trail, within…
Joe Aklufi, who was arrested May 17, along with six other former Beaumont city officials and was the former legal counsel for Idyllwild Water District, has had his arraignment moved to Aug. 19. He is being tried for six felony counts of embezzlement. At a preliminary hearing Thursday, May 26, Judge Becky Dugan set a…
Pine Cove Property Owners Association (PCPOA) board members unanimously approved a letter to the county at its May meeting addressing short-term rentals.The letter, addressed to Riverside County Planning Department Principal Planner Steven Jones, is signed by Richard Schwartz, PCPOA president.“The recent increase in the number of short-term rentals (STR) in the mountain community of Pine…
Tonight’s (Tuesday, Jan. 7) regular meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission has been postponed, according to Fire Chief Patrick Reitz. A new date has not yet been set.
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Board of Commissioners appointed Daniel Messina, in a 3-1 vote, to the board. Commissioner Christina Reitz voted to appoint Idyllwild Community Center Board President Stephanie Yost.In addition to Messina, David Cutter and Yost applied for the vacancy. Messina was first appointed June 30, 2020 to fill the vacancy left…
Lisa Absher, with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Communication Disorders, has joined the Idyllwild School faculty as a speech-language pathologist providing services to preschool to middle school students. Absher’s training and experience equip her to treat a variety of communication and swallowing disorders including autism, dysphagia, Down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome and traumatic brain…