A quarter-acre brush fire started early Saturday evening near Lake Hemet. In less than two hours after it was reported at 7:08 p.m., the fire was controlled, according to Tawny Cabral, public safety information specialist for Cal Fire and the Riverside County Fire Department. No U.S. Forest Service engines were needed to control this blaze.

In January 2016, the Idyllwild Warming Center was moved by the Community Action Partnership from the American Legion Post 800 where it had been for six years to Town Hall.  Town Hall is not open at night, as the American Legion was when it hosted the warming center. Also, Town Hall hosts a variety of…