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By Idyllwild Town Crier

Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Saturday, Jan. 30 to Feb. 4, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Jan. 31 — Medical aid, Scenic Drive, Idyllwild. Jan. 31 — Medical aid, Deer Foot Lane, Idyllwild. Jan. 31 — Walk-in medical aid. Feb. 1 — Medical aid, Pine Crest Avenue,…
With the arrival of winter and several rainstorms in the past two weeks, the Riverside County Fire Department lifted its burn suspension. The suspension was effective at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5. According to its press release, “ …. CAL FIRE Riverside Unit Chief John R. Hawkins is formally cancelling the burn permit suspension and…
The pile and broadcast burns on Thomas Mountain were completed yesterday. Over three days, the U.S. Forest Service burned about 570 acres, according to Zach Behrens, public information officer for the San Bernardino National Forest. In January, the Forest Service burned 200 acres. No further burning is planned for this year in this area. “We…
The Pine Cove underground storage tank project, which the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health has been monitoring since 1994, has officially been closed, according to a June 25 letter from the department to Howard Friedman of Santee. The site was located at the Pine Cove Market, which Friedman formerly owned. The case was initiated…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors were voting Tuesday on whether or not to approve Supervisor Jeff Hewitt’s proposal to reopen the county completely in three weeks. The newspaper had to go to press prior to the vote. However, the county moved from purple to red Tuesday in the state’s tier system. As of press…
Even with heavy weekend rains, Hill roads were relatively free of traffic collisions. Even so, the two incidents reported by California Highway Patrol produced injuries. At about 5:40 p.m. Friday July 17, on Apple Canyon Road, within Hurkey Creek Park, a bicyclist, Val Ebreo, 12, of Indio ran into a pedestrian, his 10-year-old brother Nicholas,…