Search planned for May 18 A 55-year-old husband and father of four, John Sturkie, has been missing since Jan. 5. Searches for him along the Black Mountain Truck Trail have been scheduled for the Saturdays of May 18 and May 25. A lover of the outdoors, frequent camper and hunter, Sturkie left his Oceanside home…

Cool and wet, yesterday, today and tomorrow Cool, if not cold for May, and wet describes the Hill’s weather for most of May and probably through the end of the month. For the first three weeks of May, the average daytime temperature recorded at the Idyllwild Fire Station has been 52.2 degrees, which is nearly…

At its July 15 meeting, the State Water Resource Control Board adopted emergency regulations to curtail wasteful use of water outdoors where those in violation in urban areas could be fined up to $500 each day during the drought. Prohibitions include washing vehicles without a nozzle on the hose; watering of hardscapes, such as driveways,…