Thanks to those of you who responded to last week’s column and apologies to Helene Lohr for leaving the “e” off her first name. All government agencies affecting us from the county level to the local water districts take their June 30 budget deadline seriously. And they should because we, the people, want to know…
Some of us have high aspirations about our ideals and that certainly applies to me. In April, we unofficially affiliated ourselves with the Idyllwild Library and promised a regular column, “This Week at the Library.” I stated that the column would be weekly, unlike many of our current regular features. And most of the time,…
On June 6, 2014, deputies from the Hemet Station were dispatched to the unincorporated community of Anza to investigate a male adult in a pickup truck chasing a teen-aged male on dirt bike. Deputies located the teenager who stated the adult who chased him was his previous employer, 51-year-old, Randy Morasch. During the course of…
Oh joy, oh joy, the move-in is over, the organizing is not yet, but the space we now have at the new TC building affords the opportunity to unpack without tripping over boxes. We have pictures and all those awards to hang, technical and electrical glitches still here and there, but most importantly, the signage….
We are nearly tucked into the new offices in the old Ponderosa building on the corner of Cedar Street and North Circle Drive. Many people have stopped by with their old dogs who apparently remember when the building offered pet grooming and boarding. The dogs seem to enjoy being here and so do we. It’s…
Kudos to Jerry Buchanan, Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission president, for speaking up at last week’s IFPD meeting to say that the board intends to follow the Brown Act to the letter and spirit of the law. That’s a huge first step toward open government for this agency. If only two finance committee members would…
The Brown Act issues revolving around Idyllwild Fire’s March 18 visit to the Emergency Command Center in Perris remain critical to your health on the Hill. I want to keep this issue on the front burner because IFPD seems determined to loosen itself from the county and give its dispatch service to a cheaper provider,…
Riverside County Fire/Cal Fire is reporting that an active fire on Camp Pendleton, the Tomahawk Fire may cause residents in the southwest portion of the county to experience drift smoke. Earlier, it reported that the county had no active fires at this time. However, at about 5 p.m. Friday, May 16, firefighters responded to a…
Regularly, a new person blows into town with ideas they almost always manage to bring to the newspaper office. Such was the case more than five years ago when a man discovered Pine Cove as a marvelous place to plant an abused women’s shelter. Residents justifiably questioned the legitimacy of the operation and evidence proved…
The name of the rider of the 2011 Honda motorcyle who died in a fiery crash on Sunday afternoon, April 27, has been released by the Riverside County Coroner’s office. Walter George Krumbach, 54, of El Segundo, was killed when he slammed into the driver’s side door of a 2014 Coachman RV, driven by Nancy…
