
July 4, 2017 Holiday Closings
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Sparks spewing from a chimney in Royal Pines prompted a call to 911 around 7:15p.m. Wednesday night. Idyllwild Fire responded to the scene and quickly located the issue. No injuries were reported and the scene was cleared within about a half hour.
The Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) will be installing a new water main line on South Circle Drive from Fern Valley Road to Marian View Drive and is asking drivers to expect delays from August through mid-October. FVWD’s contractor will be working from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The district also asks…
Members of Idyllwild Arts Academy staff discussed the plans for a new campus health center at last week’s Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission meeting. “The new health center will be an extraordinary resource for us,” John Newman, Dean of Students and Director of Operations, told the fire commission. He said the new facility would be…
An Idyllwild man has pleaded guilty to inflicting corporal injury with a prior conviction within seven years. The charge is enhanced because the crime was committed while Shawn Gooch, 37, was technically on bail for a previous identical charge. Judge Mark Mandio will sentence Gooch on Jan. 20. He is expected to enroll and successfully…
Directors of the Fern Valley Water District approved a $1.7 million budget for 2013-14 and welcomed the return of former director Ron Korman. Next year’s budget (fiscal year 2013-14, beginning July 1) includes a $1.1 million capital improvements program to continue pipeline replacement on Fern Valley Road. Consequently, the district will use about $625,000 of…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Finance Committee is exploring options to place a parcel-fee increase on the ballot this fall. Committee Chair and Commissioner Nancy Layton appointed an ad hoc committee of herself and committee member Sue Weisbart to review the options for generating more income, including a parcel-fee increase to go before voters in…