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Mountain Disaster Preparedness personnel stand before their recently installed post office information Shadow Box showing, among other things, locations of all the Disaster Assembly Stations throughout Idyllwild and Pine Cove. From left, Bob Edwards, treasurer; Sherry Edwards, vice president; Marty Krieger, DAS director, Edith Brix, DAS H captain and B.J. Brix, communications director and DAS H captain. Photo by Marshall Smith

By JP CrumrineCorrespondent Before the forecast, just a recognition that it was warm, actually very hot, on the Hill last week. The National Weather Service (NWS) reported that the temperature reached 88 degrees in Idyllwild Oct. 18. That is 3 degrees higher than the previous high of 85 degrees recorded in 2003. As this week…
Gov. Jerry Brown has released his budget for fiscal year 2014-15, which begins July 1. The proposed budget of $106.8 billion is $8.3 billion (or 8.5 percent) more than 2013-14 budget. This is the largest state budget since former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s $102 billion budget for fiscal year 2007-08. While most state programs will enjoy…
Three of the area’s four water districts have board member seats up for election in November: Idyllwild Water District (all five seats), Lake Hemet Municipal Water District (Divisions 2 and 5) and Pine Cove Water District (three seats). LHMWD’s division 5 includes east Hemet and Garner Valley/Pine Meadows Estates. Elections will not be necessary for…
Pine Cove Water District’s January meeting included a budget comparison for the second quarter of FY 25-26, a resolution to their recent problems with unreliable newer vehicles, and a progress report on two pilot programs testing remedies for the poor transmission from their new electronic meters. The quarterly budget review showed the district within their…...
The Ad Hoc Fire Committee of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors did not agree fully with the recommendations to save nearly $12 million in the current county fire budget last week. The biggest difference was rather than using two-person medical crews and reducing the number of three-person engines, the committee recommended maintaining the three-person…
A two-vehicle collision on Tollgate Road, near the intersection with Lake Lane, sent two people to off-Hill hospitals and blocked the well-trafficked street for several hours. A preliminary report from California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer said the collision occurred at 8:36 a.m. Friday, June 12, and involved a gray Yukon and a…