

Forest Service prescribed burn near Idyllwild Transfer Station
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The U.S. Forest Service conducted a prescribed burn near the Transfer Station on Saunders Meadow Road on Monday, March 5. Further burns will be limited by possible wind conditions in advance of incoming precipitation, according to Forest Service District Fire Chief Dan Felix. Photo by Marshall Smith

Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, July 24 to July 30, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance July 24 —Medical aid, Live Oak Street, Idyllwild. July 24 — Medical aid standby, Forest Haven Road at Suicide Rock trailhead, Idyllwild. July 24 — Cooking fire, Temecula Drive, Idyllwild. July…
After a nearly four-hour budget workshop on Saturday, commission recognized the district’s perilous financial condition …
Last month, the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument launched a free reality app for kids and their families. The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service have utilized the Agents of Discovery platform to create a free, educational app to get youth active, engaged and learning about the world around…
The Idyllwild Water District has canceled is scheduled regular meeting for May 15. The Board of Directors will not have a quorum available to conduct a meeting. Directors Les Gin, David Hunt and Peter Szabadi will be out of town and unable to participate via teleconference. No change has been made for the June 19…
One traffic incident, a non-injury solo motorcycle crash, occurred on Hill roads over the last week. At 5:38 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, Ronald Lindblad, 78, of Chico, was riding his purple 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on Highway 74, 700 feet west of Strawberry Creek. In rounding a wide curve, Lindblad allowed his motorcycle to…
According to CHP Officer Brian King, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, a male rider (left) was on his Harley Davidson motorcycle heading West on Hwy. 74 near mile marker 55. As he rounded the turn, he crossed over the double yellow line colliding head on with a Dodge truck that was traveling East on Hwy 74….