Pile burning on Westridge
By Idyllwild Town Crier
The U.S. Forest Service is doing pile burning Wednesday, Feb. 27, on the Westridge Fuel Break. The start time was 9:30 a.m. Firefighters are targeting about 300 piles.
On Aug. 20, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Cal Fire announced the awardrecipients for the fiscal 23-24 Wildfire Prevention Grants. TheIdyllwild Fire Protection District was awarded a $940,000 grant lastweek. Wildfire Prevention Grant projects include hazardous fuels reduction inand near fire threatened communities to improve public health and safetywhile reducing greenhouse gas emissions. IFPD’s grant was…
Monday morning and all is well in Idyllwild. The roads and highways were cleared yesterday and this morning sun is appearing behind the mountain. The forecast for today is “Scattered snow showers before 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 42. West wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation…
At 9:30 a.m. already about 75 people had gathered at the Idyllwild Library for a solar eclipse viewing party. The library has a telescope (on loan from AstroCamp) and eclipse viewing glasses available. The library also shows NASA’s live stream of the solar eclipse from the peak locations as it makes its way across the…
The holiday season always ends with plenty of returns, and a Christmas tree is no exception. Return natural Christmas trees to the ground they grew in by dropping them off at a Riverside County landfill to be recycled into a nutrient-rich soil amendment. Through the free Christmas tree drop-off program, natural trees collected at the…
A large semi-truck attempted to make a U-turn around 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, at the Forest Service Cranston Guard Station in Valle Vista. When the driver got stuck in the sand, blocking both lanes of Highway 74, traffic was diverted through the Cranston parking lot as a tow truck worked about an hour to free the large semi.
Lead in water and in old water pipes has been in the headlines of national media for several weeks, ever since the announcement of its presence in and damage to the Flint, Michigan, water system. While the three local water districts have and still use pipelines many decades old, all three general managers have confirmed…
