Editor’s Note: The 2024 Presidential Election will be Tuesday, November 5. The Idyllwild Water District has three Board of Directors seats to fill. While there are four candidates on the official ballot, one, Steve Kunkle, has already withdrawn from the race and announced that he will not accept a Board seat even if he is…
Proposition 36 is about trying to reduce crime, particularly by imposing stricter sentences for repeat offenders of certain crimes. It changes several of the punishments set when Prop 47 was approved in 2014. Prop 47 reduced certain nonserious and nonviolent property and drug offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. The measure limited these reduced penalties to…
At the Oct. 17 meeting of the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors, vehicles were the most frequent topic of discussion. Not only were there two items on the agenda addressing maintenance for vehicles and employee use of District vehicles, but the subject was discussed during the review of the September minutes and the…
Last week, the State Department of Education released the results of the 2023-24 Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English and mathematics. Students at Idyllwild School performed better overall than the statewide results and the County and the Hemet Unified School District results. In English, overall, 55.6% of the Idyllwild School students (grades 3 through 8)…
Editor’s Note: The 2024 Presidential Election will be Tuesday, November 5. Besides the races for President and the U.S. Senate, to succeed Diane Feinstein, there are many local races which will determine who represents the Hill in the State Assembly and the U.S. Congress. The Town Crier will be writing about the races for the…
Proposition 33 is about rent controls. It would repeal the current state law (the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995) which limits the authority of cities and counties to control rents within their jurisdictions. In three different situations, this law “generally prevents cities and counties from limiting the initial rental rate that landlords may charge…
Editor’s Note: The 2024 Presidential Election will be Tuesday, November 5. Besides the races for President and the U.S. Senate, to succeed Diane Feinstein, there are many local races which will determine who represents the Hill in the State Assembly and the U.S. Congress. The Town Crier will be writing about the races for the…
Editor’s Note: The 2024 Presidential Election will be Tuesday, November 5. Besides the races for President and the U.S. Senate, to succeed Diane Feinstein, there are many local races which will determine who represents the Hill in the State Assembly and the U.S. Congress. The Town Crier will be writing about the races for the…
Editor’s Note: The 2024 Presidential Election will be Tuesday, November 5. Besides the races for President and the U.S. Senate, to succeed Diane Feinstein, there are many local races which will determine who represents the Hill in the State Assembly and the U.S. Congress. The Town Crier will be writing about the races for the…
Editor’s Note: The 2024 Presidential Election will be Tuesday, November 5. Besides the races for President and the U.S. Senate, to succeed Diane Feinstein, there are many local races which will determine who represents the Hill in the State Assembly and the U.S. Congress. The Town Crier will be writing about the races for the…
