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Photos: Last Week in Idyllwild: September 24, 2015
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Idyllwild Fire Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls. • July 20 — Power line down, 2 p.m. Pine Crest Ave. • July 20 — Medical aid, 5:44 p.m. Delano Dr. • July 20 — Person in distress, 10 p.m. Highway 243. • July 21 — Medical aid, 11:17 a.m. Circle…
Short-term rentals within Riverside County are becoming more popular and now are within the purview of the Board of Supervisors. The subject was on the agenda of the board’s Nov. 17 meeting because supervisors John Benoit (4th District) and Chuck Washington (3rd District) proposed an ordinance (927) to regulate this burgeoning industry. While the Coachella…
Riverside County Fire Department and the Regional Parks and Open-Space District will be conducting a prescribed burn this week. They have about 51 piles of brush and slash, located in the Mt. San Jacinto State Park, to burn. The burn will be between Tuesday and Thursday, Jan. 19 to 21. Actual time and date is…
Last week, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that he had approved a request from the State’s FAIR Plan to augment its funding. “I took this necessary consumer protection action with one goal in mind: the FAIR Plan must pay claims just like any other insurance company,” Lara said in his press release. “. ….
Late Saturday night, a fuse blew in a Southern California Edison transformer on the Hill. Nearly 370 customers were without power starting about 10:15 p.m. Power was returned to Hill residents over the next 75 minutes. By 11:30 p.m., power was restored to all customers within the affected area, according to Edison press office. The…
The Riverside County Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing next week on the conditional use permit for the Idyllwild Community Center planned for the parcel between Highway 243 and Strawberry Creek. It is now known as the Butterfield Commons on Strawberry Creek, named for the family who donated the land and funds to begin…