
Apparently a large oak branch fell on power lines in the Saunders Meadow Road neighborhood. Southern California Edison is already there repairing the outage, which occurred about 2 p.m.

Limb knocks out power near Saunders Meadows
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Apparently a large oak branch fell on power lines in the Saunders Meadow Road neighborhood. Southern California Edison is already there repairing the outage, which occurred about 2 p.m.

At its Sept. 20 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the request from the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) for an advance of its property tax revenue.IFPD requested an advance of $400,000 from the county in July. The advance will be repaid, with interest, in December and January when Riverside County makes its…
Another Idyllwild special-district director has stepped down from office because of health reasons. Jeannine Charles-Stigall, commissioner of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District since 2009, submitted her resignation at the March 27 meeting, effective at the end of the meeting. Charles-Stigall was elected to the commission in August 2009. She and Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly and…
Cal Fire responded to reports of a building filled with smoke at the Yokoji Zen Mountain Center on Thursday, April 21. When firefighters arrived just before 8 a.m., they found a single-story structure with light smoke showing, confined to one room. Responders contained the fire within half an hour. Zen Center resident Melissa Severa said…
It’s early July. Outside, it’s dry and hot — fire season in Southern California. Despite the noticeable absence of rain, recent fire outlooks and assessments do not raise catastrophic alarms. Do not be mistaken. Southern California is in the midst of an above-normal risk of fire, according to the National Interagency Fire Center’s Predictive Services…
While Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act legalized adult recreational use of marijuana for adults over age 21, it still left the final decisions to city and county governments. Although the Board of Supervisors may address a new ordinance to legalize much of this business later this fall, distribution and sales of cannabis…
In the last couple of weeks, information about the location of Rosario Garcia’s remains and the search efforts from News 8 of San Diego for Lydia “Dia” Abrams brought new light after months of no new information from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) regarding any of the missing person cases. Garcia’s family has now…