The March 28 meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Board of Commissioners opened with a bit of a surprise: Commissioner Christina Reitz announced her retirement from the board on the grounds that she would soon be moving from Idyllwild and joining her husband, Patrick Reitz, former IFPD chief and current chief of the…

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Reserve Deputy Barney Brause met with a large group of Fern Valley residents to discuss the Sheriff’s Neighborhood Watch Program. Brause is the department’s trainer for the Idyllwild and Pine Cove area. The Thursday, June 21, meeting was Brause’s first Watch meeting since being certified as trainer by Hemet Station Administrative…

BBVA and PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. have announced that PNC will acquire BBVA USA, of which Idyllwild’s BBVA bank is a branch. BBVA USA is a banking subsidiary of BBVA USA Bancshares, Inc., the whole of which is being purchased by PNC.The transaction is not expected to be formally approved by regulatory agencies until…