At the Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) meeting last Wednesday, March 13, a proposal for rent reduction from American Tower, one of the companiesleasing land or interior space from the district, was rejected. A newlease with another renter, Comtronix, was announced. Director Lou Padula asked about items on the financial statement. Onecheck, for over $85,000…
Representatives of member agencies held the first of this season’smeetings of the Mountain Area Safety Taskforce (MAST), at the IdyllwildNature Center Wednesday, March 13. The participating agencies includedRiverside County Sheriff, CalFire, United States Forest Service (USFS)and Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD). The audience included amember of the Mountain Community Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) and a…
The liquidation of the estate assets of missing Garner Valley residentDia Abrams began last week as a judge approved the sale of the first ofAbram’s three local real estate holdings. Court-appointed TrusteeRichard Munro applied for permission to accept the higher of two offersmade on Abrams’ house on Tool Box Springs Road, and this was granted…
The Crier attended an “inaugural media meet and greet” with SupervisorV. Manuel Perez and his staff at their new offices in LaQuinta. Theevent was a small one; in addition to the Crier, media was representedby reporters from two other outlets, one from the Desert Sun and twofrom El Informador del Valle. El Informador is a…
Women’s History Month comes to Middle Ridge Winery the weekend of March22 to 24, as a team of Idyllwild’s well-known sisters in song presentthree special shows. They are calling the weekend “IDY LilithRock Fair,”combining a nod to Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair with a reference toIdyllwild’s own Lily Rock, teasing the possibility of a new tradition….
Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Chief Mark LaMont called aspecial meeting of the board of commissioners for Tuesday, March 5, todiscuss and approve a single item: the purchase of a used low mileagetype III ambulance for $60,000 to replace the oldest of four ambulances.Fern Valley Water General Manager Victor Jimenez was invited because ofhis experience…
The family of Idyllwild native Sterling Dutton, 39, are rallying aroundhim after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) this lastweekend. His sister Marissa, presently in New York, has started a GoFundMe pagewith the goal of raising $75,000 to help pay for “finding and receivingcognitive and physical therapies.” Sterling also will need to plot acareer…
Dr. Birte Pfleger-Cullinan has spoken to the Crier in the past about her experience as a crime victim navigating the California Parole system. She lost her mother and nearly lost her father in a 1994 shooting at Vista Point. Two Banning men were convicted for their parts in the shootings, and the shooter himself, 17…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) directors met Wednesday Feb. 21, their first public meeting with their new interim General Manager (GM) Curt Sauer. Among important actions that night was the board approving a bid for the repair of the lower administrative office building. The district received two bids for the Lower Administrative Office project, with…
Myra Dutton and the Evolutionary Poets will present another Beat Nite at Middle Ridge Winery from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 4. Dutton calls it a “curated evening of experimental poetry with improvisational music.” “Idyllwild’s legendary musicians, Dr Marshall Hawkins and Paul Carman,” will provide “beatitude.” “We are fortunate to have Middle Ridge Winery,…
