Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center President Fall is a busy time in the mountain communities, and most especially for the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC). Among the many events and programs ICC offers throughout the year, two of its most popular occur every fall. The first is Idyllwild’s annual Great Pumpkin Carnival. Door-to-door trick-or-treating isn’t much done…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats met dogs Cinnamon and Toto.Stevie: More news!Whiskers: Great! This is exciting. Please tell.Stevie: We have another fellow feline joining us. His name is Phil, and here he is.,Phil: (entering the room, followed by Toto) Whazzup? I’m Phil.Stevie: Hey, Phil! You are a good-looking guy….
65 years ago – 1956Local Forest Service firefighters had a harrowing close call as they fought a 10,500-acre inferno after a jet crashed in the San Bernardino Mountains. A crew, trapped on a ridge as the fire roared from three sides, laid down in a ditch and sweated it out as searing flames leaped across…
“Last Saturday’s Pine Cove Clean Up was a successful first step to help property owners in Pine Cove rid their property of unsightly trash,” said Pine Cove Property Owners Association President Richard Schwartz.PCPOA and Pine Cove Water District co-sponsored the one-day event.PCPOA members even picked up trash from the curbs of property owners who were…
By David JeromeCorrespondent Several local groups distributing free and low-cost food on the Hill received a set-back this week with news that they would not be receiving their usual distribution from the Western Eagle Foundation. Directors of these groups heard that Western Eagle Foundation has “lost a donor.”This has affected Mountain Communities Mutual Aid in…
Riverside County residents ages 65 and older, and those at-risk of a severe COVID-19 case, can get the Pfizer vaccine booster at one of various vaccine clinics operated by Public Health and community partners beginning Saturday.It is available for those who received their second vaccine dose at least six months ago. Federal and state health…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Saturday to Friday, Sept. 18 to 24. • Sept. 18 — Public service assist, 12:05 p.m. Maranatha Dr.• Sept. 18 — No incident found on arrival at dispatch address, 4 p.m. Hwy. 74.• Sept. 19 — EMS call, provide advanced life support, 4:23 a.m….
California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier gave more information on a collision that occurred Tuesday, Sept. 14, whose report was incomplete last week.At 8:30 a.m. that day, Daniel Maya, 26, of Idyllwild, was driving a silver 2006 Ford E350 van northbound on Cedar Street when at 100 feet south of North Circle Drive,…
As of Monday, Hemet Unified School District’s Dashboard reports 15 recently (last two weeks) confirmed cases of COVID, the highest of all HUSD schools, at Idyllwild School — nine students (same as last week) and six staff members (last week it was four), which is 4.89% of its combined student/staff population — while at Hemet…
The regularly scheduled Lake Hemet Municipal Water District board of directors meeting, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 16, was canceled. The next regular board meeting is planned for 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at the district office, 26385 Fairview Ave., Hemet.
