Still in the middle of fire season, local fire officials were able to hold their quarterly Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting last week; however, they moved through the agenda quickly. No reports or issues regarding local fires were presented. But Cal Fire Battalion Chief Greg Bratcher emphasized concern about the gold spotted oak borer infestation…

The Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission has set a goal of August 2019 for placing a new parcel-fee measure before voters. The amount of the proposed fee was not determined. Over the next year, the ad hoc committee for the measure, composed of commissioners Larry Donahoo and Henry Sawicki, will develop a specific proposal, and…

At 6:10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Jesus Llanes, 24, of Chula Vista, overturned his vehicle after making an unsafe turn as he was going north on Highway 243, south of Twin Pines Road, according to the California Highway Patrol report. Llanes was driving a gray 2013 Hyundai, which was towed by Idyllwild Garage. No one…

In its last meeting before 2013, the Idyllwild Water District board changed the number of paid employee holidays, continued to move forward on additional storage capacity in the Tollgate Zone and kept the same committee memberships for the coming year. The number of holidays will be 14 in 2013. This includes 12 calendar holidays such…