Firefighters have extinguished a car fire in a turnout 5 miles east of Cranston reported at 2:55 p.m. The highway is still closed, however. American Medical Response responded to a report that the car’s owner had burned his hands.

Operating procedures and policies were the topic of last week’s fire commission special meeting and workshop. Commissioner Jerry Buchanan and interim Fire Chief Mike Sherman presented several draft policies, which Buchanan had received from the California Special District Association and modified for application to the Idyllwild Fire Protection District. Policies included filling board vacancies, board…

A free workshop, Career Vision, held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, in the Idyllwild Library community room, offers out-of-the-box, innovative and imaginative ideas to turn the job search process from reactive to proactive. The event is open to everyone. Bring a sack lunch.