Early Thursday morning, a swarm of earthquakes occurred near Aguanga and again Friday morning. On each day, the series of quakes began after 3 a.m. On Thursday, the greatest-magnitude quakes were 2.9 and 3.0. The Friday quakes were similar, the largest magnitude was 3.1 and a 2.7 quake occurred later. All were concentrated in the…

Idyllwild students attending Hemet High School have to have a bus pass costing $520 annually or rely on private transportation to school but next year, that cost may be eliminated. At its April 7 meeting, Tuesday evening, the Hemet Unified School District Board of Trustees was to consider eliminating the pass for next year. This…

Two minor earthquakes occurred Monday night. The first, about 7 p.m., and nearest to Idyllwild was magnitude 2.1. It occurred about 4 miles south of Idyllwild and 10 miles east-southeast of Valle Vista, near Garner Valley. The tremor was barely felt on the Hill. Just after midnight, another quake of magnitude 2.3 occurred east-southeast of…