Although the National Weather Service announced last week that it forecasted a 70-percent chance that an El Niño pattern will continue in summer 2015, the U.S. Forest Service Predictive Services unit added that an unfavorable warmer-than-normal water temperatures developed off shore during the winter, which is indicative of a “a Modoki (Japanese for similar, but…

Last week, state officials again urged residents to get a flu shot. While influenza activity has been low so far this flu season, it began to rise at the end of December. While not widespread in California, the number of cases has been growing. “Many California counties, and other states, are reporting patients who are…

The Idyllwild Business Roundtable (IBRT), formed in October 2008, is folding but will continue to promote tourism as a committee under the aegis of the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce. One of IBRT’s most visible achievements, funding two Idyllwild promotional interstate billboards, has also come to an end. IBRT organizers cite a number of reasons including…