Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz alerted the Town Crier that SCE
has planned to shut power down to the Hill for an indefinite period because of the numerous downed trees.
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Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz alerted the Town Crier that SCE
has planned to shut power down to the Hill for an indefinite period because of the numerous downed trees.
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Board of Commissioners met Oct. 27. After the invocation, the board took 30 seconds of silence in honor of the five firefighters of Engine 57 — Capt. Mark Loutzenhiser, Engineer Jess McLean, Assistant Engineer Jason McKay, firefighter Pablo Cerda and firefighter Daniel Hoover-Najera — who died Oct. 26, 2006…
At its first meeting in 2024, on Jan. 9, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors elected new officers for the year. 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington is the board’s chair for 2024 and 4th District Supervisor V. Manuel Perez is the new vice chair. He served as chair during 2020. Washington last served as chair…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a “Stay-at-Home” order and the closure of non-essential businesses that the majority of locals are working to adhere to in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect fellow residents from infection. Idyllwild residents took to social media to express their frustrations regarding visitors coming up to utilize…
Brandon Steele plays this week in the Quicken Loans National on the Congressional Country Club course in Bethesda, Maryland. He tees off Thursday at 4 a.m. PDT and Friday at 9 a.m. PDT.
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council conducted fuel abatement in Twin Pines last week. Pino Tree Service did the clearing, including removal of large piles of brush, on the steep mountain side below the dome house foundation. This was the site deaths of the Forest Service firefighters during the Esperanza Fire in 2006.
For the first time since 2015, when Riverside County awarded the emergency ambulance service contract to American Medical Response (AMR), the county’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency has denied AMR’s request to extend the contract’s expiration date. Each year, AMR submits an annual report that EMS uses to review compliance with the contract and whether…