Jerry Holldber, general manager of Pine Cove Water District, clears boulders off Highway 243 as Pine Cove Engine 23 stands guard.
Photo by Becky Smith

PCWD and Pine Cove Engine 23 to the rescue
By Jack Clark
Jerry Holldber, general manager of Pine Cove Water District, clears boulders off Highway 243 as Pine Cove Engine 23 stands guard.
Photo by Becky Smith

Mountain Disaster Preparedness will conduct a drill at two of its Disaster Aid Stations to practice and prepare for an earthquake affecting the Hill communities this Saturday as part of the Great California Shake-Out. At 9:22 a.m., MDP will activate its radio network and ask participants to respond to DAS A (Pine Cove) and DAS…
The agenda for the September meeting of the Idylliwld Water DistrictBoard of Directors included the preliminary engineering report for theWastewater Treatment Plant project, prepared by Specialized UtilityServices Program Engineering (SUSP.) Last month the board members and GMBill Rojas expressed exasperation with SUSP’s delays in delivering thisdocument, which must be in hand before the applications for…
The new Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors held its second special meeting this month, but this time it was with four members. Dr. Charles Schelly is the new president of the district’s board and Vic Sirkin will serve as vice president. Both selections were unanimous. The board then addressed several issues relating to itself…
Southern California Edison working just north of Pine Cove Market Wednesday night, Aug. 19, shutting down electricity in many homes at about 9 p.m. that night through early morning hours. The same occurred this Wednesday between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Thursday.
The third winter storm of 2014-15 brought less than an inch of rain to the Hill; however, some areas did see snow for a day. These rains have reduced the drought conditions from extreme to severe, according to the National Weather Service’s Drought Monitor website. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station recorded 0.42 inches…
On March 8, John MacLean will discuss his book “The Esperanza Fire: Arson, Murder, and the Agony of Engine 57” at the Rustic Theatre. MacLean spoke to the Town Crier, Sunday, Feb. 24, about the book and his writing on wildland fires. MacLean has written three other books about wildland fires. The first was “Fire…