
Forest Services Volunteer Association Fire Lookout Dan Roberts is one of the volunteers at Black Mountain Lookout, shown recently. PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD
By Idyllwild Town Crier


Forest Services Volunteer Association Fire Lookout Dan Roberts is one of the volunteers at Black Mountain Lookout, shown recently. PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD
Wendy Read, County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee member, resigned after some within the community lodged complaints that her service on the Idyllwild Community Center board as well as on the CSA Advisory Committee represented a conflict of interest. Read, a longtime Hill resident with extensive knowledge of community recreation needs, noted that Riverside County…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, June 20 to 26. • June 20 — EMS call, provide basic life support, 1:45 a.m. Delano Dr.• June 20 — EMS call, provide BLS, 10 a.m. Lake Ln.• June 21 — Public service assist, 10:50 a.m. Maranatha Dr.• June 21…
As of Monday, Hemet Unified School District’s Dashboard reports recently (last two weeks) confirmed cases of COVID at Idyllwild School as being seven students and two staff members, which is 2.93% of its combined student/staff population — while at Hemet High, 25 students and one staff member are reported as confirmed cases, which is 1.00%…
Several earthquakes occurred on the Hill and in nearby areas in recent days. All were less than 3.0-magnitude. The most recent and strongest was 2.9-magnitude quake at about 7:40 a.m. Monday, April 14. It was centered 7 miles south southwest of Idyllwild and 10 miles southeast of Valle Vista. This was the fifth quake in…
“After the playground,” said Dawn Sonnier, Idyllwild Community Recreation Council chairwoman, referring to other pending board business and the upcoming June 13 through 17 construction of the community playground on the Idyllwild Community Center site. Other business that will wait until completion of the $100,000 plus project includes recruitment of new board members, a decision…
The underground storage tank cleanup site at the Pine Cove Market was to have been closed by now. In late October, the county Department of Environmental Health was to issue a notice requesting comments on its plan to close the case. Unfortunately, the announcement was never posted properly and the process had to be restarted….