By Janice MuraskoLast week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” new ARF cats discussed reasons they will make great furever family members.Phil: Believe it or not, we have another new cat.Atlas: And I’ve been her roommate. She is such a sweetheart, and her name is Buffie.Phil: I thought I saw a new cat!Buffie: (entering the…
Mayor Max II died just after 11 p.m. Saturday, July 30, following sudden health issues. “Mayor Max is going into surgery at 9 PM this evening approximately. He has several crises in his body that are causing the removal of the spleen and potentially other organs. There is a possibility when they do the surgery…
Pine Cove Property Owners Pine Cove Property Owners Association meets at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Pine Cove Water District conference Room, 24917 Marion Ridge Dr. Zoom invitations will be emailed to members unable to attend in person.
With General Manager Leo Havener absent, the Idyllwild Water District (IWD) directors’ monthly meeting finished up in about a half-hour Wednesday, July 20.A special meeting had been called for Tuesday, July 12, to discuss the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) progress but was canceled because of illnesses.Instead, Director Peter Szabadi, at the July 20 meeting, told…
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) is accepting applications from property owners for home hardening. FEMA-4569-DR-CA, September 2020 California Wildfires, Cal OES PJ0507, Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council Home Hardening and Defensible Space Project is funding the program. The grant provides in excess of $2,000,000 worth of funds to be used to reimburse local…
By Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center President Riverside County Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington and Fourth District Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, as well as several members of their respective staffs, paid a visit to the Hill Tuesday, July 19. The purpose was for Washington to introduce Perez to the Idyllwild area in preparation for the communities’…
Following a fairly short Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) Board of Directors meeting Friday where Director Kevin Scott (calling in from Germany) was attending for the first time, the directors held a special meeting to interview three candidates for Walt Bonneau Jr.’s vacant seat. Scott replaced Richard Schnetzer. Both Bonneau and Schnetzer sold their Fern…
The Pine Cove Water District Board of Directors meeting agenda Wednesday, July 13, contained one action item: “Board to hear comments and/or concerns and questions regarding the Standby Charge of $30.00 per acre or portion of. If no changes required, the Board to Adopt Resolution #566 as written.”The charge is the same as last year.The…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, July 11 to 17. (IFPD has a new system of reporting and is working to include times in its logs.) • July 10 — EMS, Idyllbrook Dr..• July 10 — EMS, Saunders Meadow Rd.• July 10 — EMS, transport, Meadow.• July…
On Tuesday, July 26, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors will consider a new ordinance for regulating short-term rentals (STR) in the county’s unincorporated areas. Draft Ordinance 927.1 (unless amended) will replace the current Ordinance 927, “Regulating Short Term Rentals,” adopted in January 2016. This draft ordinance is very similar to the draft presented to…
