Signs in opposition to Idyllwild Water board appear
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On Thursday evening, a sign asking for the resignation of Idyllwild Water District directors Jim Billman, John Cook and Michael Freitas appeared on the property across Highway 243 from Butterfield Commons on Strawberry Creek, future home of the Idyllwild Community Center.
By Richard SchwartzPCPOA president The Pine Cove Property Owners Association (PCPOA) is planning a Saturday, Aug. 15 meeting from 9 to 10 a.m. The association will discuss the County Service Area (CSA) 38 budget for the current fiscal year with Michael Franklin, Riverside County EDA development manager. The meeting will happen via Zoom. PCPOA members…
For next fiscal year, which begins July 1, Gov. Jerry Brown has recommended a $200 million increase for the Cal Fire budget. The agency’s total would be $2.1 billion compared to $1.9 billion in fiscal 2015-16. The increased funding will support a proposed staffing increase of nearly 750 positions. About 650 positions will be for…
The future of electric power vehicles appears clouded. Although California’s current air resource policies call for prohibiting the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in 2035 or later, over the next 10 years, the percentage of new gas-powered vehicles sold in the State must gradually decline to zero in 2035. A recent Gallop poll found that…
Californians already pay more on average for gasoline than motorists in other states. Now they’re watching as prices spiral upward to levels not seen in three years. Figures released by the state Energy Commission show that the price paid by Southern Californians is dramatically higher than the national average of $2.65 for a gallon of…
At 12:24 p.m. Sunday, May 6, a rear-end collision took place on Highway 74, one-tenth of a mile east of the intersection of Highway 371. Karin Vega, 22 of Mountain Center, while riding west on a green 2013 Kawasaki Ninja traveling 40 miles per hour, struck the rear of a Four Winds trailer attached to…
According to Cpt. Fernando Herrera, Cal Fire public information officer, a child suffered a rattlesnake bite at 3:25 p.m. Sunday, June 21 at the Fuller Mill Creek Campground north of Pine Cove. Cal Fire responded to attend to the child, who was transported by Mercy Air to a nearby hospital in stable condition. Herrera spoke…
