Mountain Disaster Preparedness is offering a Medical Talk on Burns on Thursday April 2.  Dr Richard Yocum, MD, WFR and Lisa Sabala, BSN, RN will discuss topics including initial evaluation and first aid, estimating burn depth and surface area, and when to evacuate or refer a burn patient. Thursday April 2, 4:40-5:45 p.m. at Idyllwild…

Last week, the Idyllwild Water District reported a spill at its wastewater treatment plant. During the Feb. 15 board meeting, General Manager Jack Hoagland provided more information on the cause and current actions to prevent future accidents. The leak was discovered about noon Tuesday, Feb. 7. Hoagland estimated it had begun about 5:30 a.m. About…

Highway 74 between Mountain Center and Hemet was closed for several hours on Friday morning, April 4, due to a head-on collision west of the Strawberry Creek bridge. Johnathon Torres of the CHP provided these details: The crash occurred just after 10 a.m., three miles west of Gaugh Road, MM 53. A westbound 2021 Subaru…