Caltrans is reporting that northbound traffic is reduced to one lane 2.5 miles north of Pine Cove at Round Robin Drive due to maintenance.

For the final Idyllwild Conversation of the 2013-14 season, UC Riverside Professor of Fire Ecology Richard Minnich will talk about forest conditions that exacerbate wildfire risk. Showing photos of the Idyllwild area’s old-growth forests from 130 years ago, as well as from Baja Mexico’s mountains where fire suppression was not practiced until very recently, Minnich…

Idyllwild Fire Commissioner Pete Capparelli resigned his position at the conclusion of the Sept. 10 commission meeting. “As of tomorrow [Sept. 11], I tender my resignation to step down from the commission,” he said. Capparelli’s term would have ended the first week of December since he had chosen not to seek re-election. Commissioner Dr. Charles…