
Photo by JP Crumrine
Locals turn out for June 5 primary
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Voters came early to cast ballots in California’s primary election, Tuesday, June 5. By 7:15 a.m., nearly 10 voters had completed the two-page ballot. Photo by JP Crumrine

Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Aug. 13 to Aug. 20, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Aug. 13 — Medical aid, Pine Crest Avenue, Idyllwild. Aug. 13 — Traffic collision, Lake Lane, Idyllwild. Aug. 15 — Walk-in medical aid. Aug. 15 — Medical aid, Walters Drive, Pine…
All photos by Jenny Kirchner. About 12:45 p.m., a structure fire was reported on the 52900 block of Fern Land Drive in Pine Cove. Cal Fire reports it is a 2 1/2 story home and about a half acre of vegetation involved so far. Cal Fire (Station 23), along with fire fighters from the San…
At the recent Town Hall meeting of fire chiefs and at the last Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting, important questions were raised about local fire abatement, particularly of vacant properties. Cal Fire and Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins established a private-public committee to investigate and recommend improvements to facilitate fire abatement here. The Mountain…
About 8:15 a.m. Monday, June 11, the power went out from Azelea Trails in the north to Anza. About 30 minutes later, power was restored to Idyllwild. Later that morning, Southern California Edison was still troubleshooting its system to determine the cause, according to Susan Cox in the SCE corporate communications office. At that time,…
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order intended to mitigate utility rate increases and possibly find ways to reduce these rates. In his order, Newsome directed four different agencies, all of whom have some role in overseeing state utilities, to investigate possible efforts to help utility customers save money in the…
Removed from endangered and threatened status The Hidden Lake Bluecurls will officially be removed from the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Species on July 2. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the threats to the plant’s continued existence no longer exist or have been mitigated. The Bluecurl, whose whose official name…