Wildfires are not unexpected events for Hill residents. Major fires, such as the recent Cranston Fire and the 2013 Mountain and Silver fires, are not annual disasters, but frequent enough to keep residents alert and prepared to react. The Cranston Fire burned more than 13,000 acres and the Mountain Fire burned more than twice that…

            Cal Fire/ Riverside County Fire Department is conducting a prescribed burn at the Mountain Resource Center on Franklin Drive.             The burn will cover about six acres and started about 8:45 and should be finished about noon.             It purpose is to eliminate timber litter (after tree thinning occurred on the site this year)…

Intent to increase federal funds for Medi-Cal The state is using emergency medical transports to garner funding increases for its Medi-Cal program from the federal government that will directly impact the Idyllwild Fire Department. This fall, the state Legislature passed and Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 523 that will impose a quality-assurance fee on…