Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters responded to multiple reports of a building filled with smoke at the Zen Mountain Center, 58000 block of Apple Canyon Road in Mountain Center. The first call came in at 7:59 a.m. Thursday. The first arriving engine company reported a single-story structure with light smoke showing, and confirmed a room and…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors developed an ingenious idea recently to deal with that pesky state open-meeting law, the Brown Act. In its straining to develop a balanced budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year a few weeks back, Supv. Kevin Jeffries saw a need to create four subcommittees to deal with areas of the…
California has the second highest fatality rate nationwide involving drivers between the ages of 15-18. To help combat this growing problem, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is conducting a free Start Smart traffic education class for local teen drivers and their parents. This a program specifically geared toward reducing collisions and injuries involving teen drivers. …
That administrative law judge rendered his decision to reverse Capt. Jim Reyes’ termination in July 2014 from Idyllwild Fire. Sadly, IFPD’s pride proves too great to accept it. The district’s legal fees continue mounting, primarily because of this and Reyes’ separate and pending civil lawsuit. Last fiscal year, IFPD exceeded $100,000 in legal costs; this…
Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle over the side on Highway 74 in the area of Bee Canyon Road at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Firefighters, along with California Highway Patrol, scoured the area attempting to locate the vehicle. About one-a-half hours after the initial report, firefighters located the vehicle about…
Last week, two Idyllwild School employees were honored by the Hemet Unified School District. Health Technician Melissa Churchill received Idyllwild School’s classified employee of the year award. Bob Leih received both the school and the district’s teacher of the year awards. Even though we had given both of these employees coverage in the TC for…
Raising a director’s compensation from $50 to $100 a meeting (including committee meetings) in 2013 hit a nerve. By voting out two Idyllwild Water District incumbents last November, the community obviously wasn’t thrilled with some of the past board’s actions. Because doubling sewer fees (and water revenues are going up while consumption is going down,…
Photo by Becky Clark A hit-and-run traffic collision about 1 p.m. stopped traffic in both directions at Buckhorn Camp about 2 miles north of Idyllwild on Highway 243. The occupants of the hit vehicle are not injured. The driver of the Toyota truck that appeared to collide with the Audi walked off the scene before…
We joked at the news meeting last week that this edition would be the Idyllwild Arts issue and we appear to have succeeded in that endeavor. Jack and I babysat grandkids Saturday night so we sadly missed our friend Marshall Hawkins’ Alumni Jazz Concert in the new William M. Lowman Concert Hall on the Idyllwild…
A Cold Warning is being issued for Idyllwild. The Idyllwild Town Hall Warm Center will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, through Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Temperatures are expected to reach 40° and below. Individuals susceptible to cold, such as the elderly, disabled and families with young…
