Author and educator William Selby will be presenting several events in Idyllwild this coming week. He has been touring the state in support of his new book The California Sky Watcher (Heyday.) Sky watching is both an aesthetic or spiritual activity and a scientific one. Sky watching, for Selby, includes “the beauty we love, and…

At the Wednesday, Aug. 10 meeting of the Pine Cove Water District board of directors, local real estate broker and entrepreneur Shane Stewart questioned the board over “numerous complaints on The Market Place at Pine Cove [to Code Enforcement],” which PCWD General Manger Jerry Holldber filed with the county.

In July 2013, the Mountain Fire caused the evacuation of much of the Hill. The fire originated on property owned by Tarek M. Al-Shawaf in Mountain Center. It swept northeasterly along the east side of South Ridge and formed a crescent-shaped burn area that surrounded Idyllwild on three sides. Some homes and other structures were…

By JP Crumrine Correspondent Riverside County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer has been placed on paid administrative leave from her position. At the Tuesday, Sept. 12 board meeting, the supervisors met in closed session for a “Public Employee Performance Evaluation/Title: Registrar of Voters.” On Wednesday, Spencer’s administrative leave was revealed in a story from the…

Hemet Unified School DistrictContributed On Jan. 23, students enrolled in cybersecurity at Hemet High School (HHS) finished in the gold and silver tiers at the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot state competition. Over 3,000 students from across the nation competed in CyberPatriot, the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association to inspire…