Dnner at Town Hall on Saturday, Nov. 5 was to introduce the Forest Service Volunteer Association new board and celebrate the contribution of more than 6,000 hours of service in fiscal year 2011 (which ended Sept. 30, 2011).

The National Weather Service (NWS) San Diego’s Public Information Officer Alex Tardy traveled on the most luckiest of days for him to Idyllwild for a Town Hall meeting to speak on “Our Crazy Weather,” a title Mountain Disaster Preparedness President Mike Feyder coined following unprecedented heat waves and a tropical cyclone this summer. Tardy stopped…

Two traffic collisions occurred last week on the mountain, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Edward Nunez. On Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 1:05 p.m., two semitrucks collided on McCall Park Road one-half mile west of Highway 74. Mario Lopez, 62 years old of Miami, Florida, was parked off to the side of McCall Park Road…

Pine Cove Water District General Manager Jerry Holldber plans to provide a detailed report on the district’s water resources — well levels and possible future changes — at the June meeting. “I’ll have a better status of the well recovery rates then. Right now they are producing good,” Holldber stated and advised his board last…