Smoke in the air
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Idyllwild Fire is telling us that the smoke you smell and see in the air is blowing in from the Camp Pendleton area.
On Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, the Idyllwild Fire Prevention District will be hosting an open house to celebrate Fire Prevention Week. The hours of the open house are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Members of the Idyllwild Fire career staff and volunteer company will be present to give station and equipment tours and answer…
The Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC) directors previewed new and familiar recreational offerings that promise some fall and winter excitement for Hill residents. They also voted to amend their bylaws, expanding eligibility for sitting on the board to include “residents of the Hill,” with “the Hill” being defined as Idyllwild, Fern Valley, Pine Cove, Stone…
As the sands of the hourglass shift and change, so do the facades that mark the comings and goings of Idyllwild businesses. Longtime Faux Ever After owners Clay Helgren and Robert Bush have had their property on the market for about five years. New owners, with closing in about a month, are an off-Hill L.L.C….
At last week’s meeting, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission rejected all four recommendations in a recent Riverside County Grand Jury report. The first recommendation was to share Administrative Capt. Mark Lamont’s duties in order to reduce the cost of paid overtime, which exceeded $50,000 in 2012. Fire Chief Patrick Reitz drafted the proposed response,…
The Peak at Tahquitz Pines has a new Restaurant Manager, Matt Eker. Eker says he has managed fine dining restaurants in the San Diego area for over 20 years and now lives in Hemet. Asked what kind of changes he may bring, he said there would be a new menu within a month and has…
The Fire Lookout Host Program, one of the six programs of the Southern California Mountains Foundation (formerly the National Forest Association), is recruiting volunteers to staff fire lookouts for the 2013 fire season. Lookout volunteers help to protect the forest and local mountains communities as well as the communities along the outside of the forest…
