A little before noon on Tuesday morning, a large branch hit the home at 54575 Memory Lane off of Saunders Meadow.  No one was in the residence when it occurred.  There were no injuries, but power and cable lines were also taken out by the tree.  Photos by Jenny Kirchner  

The Anza Electric Cooperative received word from Southern California Edison that the entire system should be restored by Monday, Aug. 6. AEC includes Garner Valley. The import upgrade that SCE and AEC “had already been working on for later this year will be completed during this outage since crews and material are readily available,” according…

With the retirement of Bob McCullough from the management of local radio station WNKI, Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz is working with RACES President Bill Tell and Director Rick Foster to continue the station’s operation. However Reitz would appreciate some feedback from the community on whether WNKI provides value to us — both permanent and…

  Riverside County’s property assessments have finally recovered from the recent recession. For fiscal year 2016-17, the county’s assessment roll exceeds its previous record, which was achieved in 2008. The total county property assessment is $255.1 billion, which is 5 percent more than last year’s total of $242.7 billion. “This is the fourth-consecutive year of…

Committee says $20,000 loan a dead issue At the Thursday, Aug. 11 meeting of the County Service Area (CSA) 36 Advisory Committee, its first meeting since the county assumed control of the local recreation program on Aug. 1, CSA Operations Manager Bill Brown, new District Recreation Manager GeGe Beagle and Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden discussed…