Carbon plant doing its job The July water samples from Fern Valley Water District’s granulated activated carbon (GAC) plant yielded unexpected and strange results, General Manager Victor Jimenez told the directors at the Aug. 23 board meeting. “There must have been a bottle mix up at the lab,” he began. The GAC filters remove the…

Three motorcycles and a pick-up truck were involved in a collision on Highway 243 1 mile north of Round Robin Drive on Saturday, Oct. 4, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Darren Meyer, resulting in major and minor injures. Three motorcycles were traveling southbound when the first crossed over the double-yellow line and collided head-on…

Three collisions occurred on local highways over the last couple of weeks, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matt Napier.  On Aug. 14 at 5:30 p.m., Ronald Gregory Sigler, 74 of Palm Desert, was riding his white 2020 BMW R 1250 RT motorcycle eastbound on Highway 74 just west of Corrizo Road….

While the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission deferred reviewing its financial position for fiscal 2015-16 at last week’s meeting, financial matters were the crux of the actions taken and discussed during the session. Fire Chief Patrick Reitz asked the commission to approve a resolution authorizing the district to use funds from a Volunteer Fire Assistance…

  The driver of the Porsche that went over the side of Highway 74 Sunday morning and resulted in the death of a 5-month-old child was arrested and booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center, Thursday, May 5. Marcus Novell Green, 51, of Thermal, was charged by the district attorney with murder with malice aforthought…