The SCE crew at Town Hall asks us to spread the word that the safety kits including chargers are gone for tonight, but they expect more tomorrow. They will close at 10 p.m. and open at 8 a.m.
SCE crew at Town Hall Update
By Town Crier Contributor
The SCE crew at Town Hall asks us to spread the word that the safety kits including chargers are gone for tonight, but they expect more tomorrow. They will close at 10 p.m. and open at 8 a.m.
All evacuations have been lifted for the Ribbon Fire in the Pinyon Pines/Ribbonwood area after a wildfire broke out sometime after 11 a.m. Thursday. The fire is 200 acres and 60 percent contained as of about 8 a.m. Saturday. Mandatory evacuations are still in place for the Cranston Fire burning around Idyllwild and Mountain Center.
In a special meeting last week, a quorum of three Fern Valley Water District directors unanimously voted to change retiree health benefit policy. At the March 28 special meeting, directors adopted a new vesting requirement. Resolution 525 requires employees have 10 total years of paying into the California Public Employee Retirement System, CalPERS, before they…
Riverside County Waste is holding its bi-annual, free Household Hazardous Waste day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at the County Road Yard, 25780 Johnson Road, next to the Idyllwild Fire Station, for residents (not businesses) only.These are the guidelines for disposing HHW at the site:• It is illegal to transport more…
On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at approximately 7:05 a.m., a silver 2006 Honda Insight was being driven by a 27-year-old female from Palm Desert, CA, and was driving southbound on SR-371, south of Homestead Rd. A 56-year-old male from Aguanga, CA, was driving a black 2016 Toyota Tacoma north on SR-371 south of Homestead Rd…....
Living in the mountains can pose many challenges when it comes to being safe on the roads during winter. It comes with the territory of living in mile-high Idyllwild and surrounding communities, where we get to experience what many in Southern Californians don’t — four seasons. With the first snow of the season already in…
Southern California’s bighorn sheep population is flourishing. The census of bighorn sheep was conducted in November. This was one of the largest counts in recent years, according to Kevin Brennan, wildlife biologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The survey was conducted over several days. Helicopters flew over the bighorn sheep’s habitat from…