July 17 date for bond measure decision On June 19, the Hemet Unified School District Board of Trustees adopted the proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-19, and the Local Control and Accountability Plan. Both were presented to the board at the June 5 public hearings. “Both the budget and the LCAP plan were passed without…

A recently released study of 20 years of wildfires found humans caused the vast majority of wildfires. While climate change has contributed to the lengthening of fire season and vulnerability of forested land, the ultimate cause of wildfires is most often a human being — both intentionally (arson) and carelessly. The study, recently published in…

Don Lenik was remembered with stories, poems and an impromptu song on Sunday afternoon at the Community Center site. Francoise Frigola, Gabriella Dapeer, Judith Schonebaum and Trudy Levy organized the memorial. The traditional Jewish Kaddish Yatom (The Mourner’s Kaddish) was recited at the end of the gathering.

Two serious criminal incidents marred Idyllwild’s Christmas holiday. On Friday, Dec. 22, around 5:45 p.m, Hemet Station sheriff’s deputies responded to the Idyllwild Chevron Station. Two older men, Robert Child, 68, and Rick Holmes, 67, both of Idyllwild, sustained facial and head injuries when a man attacked them. Child had been fueling his vehicle when…

Two non-injury crashes on Hill roads over the last week. At 3:55 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6. Michael Beebe, 61, of Moreno Valley, was driving a silver 2004 Ford Explorer northbound on Highway 243, ½ mile north of Franklin Drive in Pine Cove. At the same time, Julio Neto, 39, of San Diego, was driving a…

Pine Cove election on ballot for Tuesday, Aug. 29 The only ballot election for Hill water district boards will be at the Pine Cove Water District. Three incumbents, Robert Hewitt, Lewis Padula and Joel Palmer, were to be appointed “in lieu” for four-year terms and Vicki Jakubac for two years. But with another candidate, Water…