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Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for last week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 24 to 30. Idyllwild • April 24 — Public disturbance, 26000 block of Hwy. 243, Handled by deputy. • April 25 — Runaway child,…
Since discovery of the invasive and dangerous Goldspotted oak borer in Idyllwild two weeks ago, scientists and professional responders from CAL FIRE and the Forest Service have been meeting to devise steps to contain the spread of the destructive beetle. Kevin Turner, Goldspotted oak borer coordinator at the University of California, Riverside, said the next…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, April 8, to Monday, April 14. Idyllwild: • April 9 — False alarm. • April 10 — Three medical aids. • April 11 — Medical aid. • April 12 — Two medical aids. • April 13 — Three medical aids. Sheriff’s…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Finance Committee is considering a $91 increase to its current unit fee of $65 property owners currently pay, bring the unit fee to $156 annually. At its April 20 meeting, the committee expects to make a specific proposal to the fire commission, which will meet Tuesday, April 26. Increasing the…
Wooley’s had a table set up Saturday at Living Free. Many visitors tried on hats of all kinds. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Idyllwild will soon welcome a new artisan bakery: Almost Heaven. Gabrielle and Richard Marcin, who have been supplying stores in Alpine with artisan baked goods for the last year, will begin hosting “pop-up” bake sales in the parking lot and until their new space in Victorian Square starting this Saturday, April 12—a preview of what’s…