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This coming spring expect to find stuffed mailboxes — stuffed with election material solicitations for votes and campaign contributions. June 3 is the statewide Primary date. Besides the statewide offices such as governor and attorney general, several local races will be on the June Primary and then the November General Election ballot this year. While…
Thursday morning, Aug. 30, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Marijuana Extraction Team removed a grove of marijuana from U.S. Forest Service lands north of Lake Fulmor. Starting early in the morning, the team, whose members are from the Sheriff’s Department, the U.S. Forest Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the California National…
At its Tuesday, Dec. 12, meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved revisions to Ordinance 927.2, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” (STRs). It becomes effective Jan. 11. Once effective, the current moratorium will be eliminated and replaced by caps, as described in the ordinance, pertaining to the Idyllwild and Wine Country communities. An interim…
The dormancy of the Riverside County Fire Code Committee has not prevented County Fire Chief John Hawkins from formulating a plan to improve fire abatement on the Hill. During the Sept. 9 Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting, Hawkins announced that after reviewing County Ordinance 695 (requiring the abatement of hazardous vegetation) and the state’s Public…
An accident on Highway 243 on the curve just north of Mountain Centersent two motorcyclists to the hospital this last weekend. JohnathonTorres of Beaumont CHP provided these details. The accident occurredaround 10:045 a.m. on Sunday, September 15, when a blue 2020 JeepWrangler, driven northbound by a 55-year-old female from Winchester,crossed into the southbound lane. The…
Dr Marshall Hawkins’ Seahawk Modern Jazz Orchestra presented theconcluding headline concert of the 30th and final Jazz in the PinesFestival on Friday July 12. Idyllwild Arts Academy President PamelaJordan dedicated the evening to the memory of the “late jazz guitargiant, our beloved Bob Boss.” Jordan presented Boss’ wife of 44 years,Vicki, with a plaque and…