Caltrans is reporting that northbound traffic is reduced to one lane 2.5 miles north of Pine Cove at Round Robin Drive due to maintenance.
Highway 243 reduced to one lane
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Caltrans is reporting that northbound traffic is reduced to one lane 2.5 miles north of Pine Cove at Round Robin Drive due to maintenance.
Residents of Riverside County’s unincorporated areas, including Idyllwild, are being asked to approve a special assessment in order to maintain the county’s pest control program, e.g., mosquitoes and rodents. Ballots must be returned and received on or before July 7. If you would like to know more about this issue and its consequences, visit https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/2015/06/01/mosquito-vector-ballot-questions/.
By board vote, Pine Cove Water District granted a request from the Idyllwild Water District General Manager Terry Lyons and Director Jim Billman to waive standby fees on four Dutch Flat parcels, which IWD owns. The total aggregate annual fee for the parcels is $240. In Lyons’ letter to the board, he stated, “As you…
Idyllwild FireIdyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.• Sept. 21 — Medical aid, 4:30 p.m. Idyllbrook Dr.• Sept. 22 — Medical aid, 9:16 p.m. Highway 243.• Sept. 25 — Medical aid, 1:42 a.m. Dome Ln.• Sept. 25 — Walk-in medical aid, 2:09 p.m.• Sept. 25 — Medical aid, 8:28 p.m. Manzanita Dr.•…
Local Community Service Advisory Committees 36 (Idyllwild) and 38 (Pine Cove) will remain suspended indefinitely, according to Verne Lauritzen, Riverside County Third District Supervisor Jeff Stone’s chief of staff “The CSA committees are an extension of the supervisor’s office to the community,” Lauritzen stressed. “Some of the actions and maneuvering of the CSAs has not…
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that requires vehicle drivers to overtake and to pass bicyclists at a safe distance. Assembly Bill 1371, which will become effective on Sept. 16, 2014, specifies this distance as a minimum of 3 feet.
Starting Oct. 1, the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council will assume responsibility for the community brush collection sites in Poppet Flats and Pinyon. MCFSC approved the action at its Aug. 12 meeting. Gregg Bratcher, Cal Fire’s division chief forester on the mountain, indicated that the agency will help MCFSC secure grant funds to operate these…