Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire and the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) are back at it collecting unwrapped toys or sports equipment this season. Drop off the unwrapped items to your local Cal Fire station by Dec. 24 and/or IFPD station by Dec. 19. Toys collected at the IFPD station will go to the Idyllwild HELP…
The Fern Valley Water District board of directors selected a replacement at its regular November board of directors meeting for former Director James Rees, who resigned the same day the board interviewed the candidates to replace Trischa Clark, who resigned because she sold her house. Walter Bonneau Jr. was selected to replace Clark. It is…
Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Director Dave Hunt requested the board of directors “consider reestablishing paygrade and step schedule that includes 2.5% per step, and reestablish the district policy of a one-time bonus upon certification completion” at IWD’s November board of directors meeting. On the staff report, General Manager Leo Havener recommended the salary schedule approved…
The Idyllwild Grinding Facility will move to winter hours beginning Dec. 1 —Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. — until June 2021. The facility will be closed each Wednesday and Friday from noon to 1 p.m. for lunch. The facility is located at the 5,000-foot marker, 1 mile south of the Idyllwild…
Grammy-nominated songwriter Brett Perkins of Pawnshop Preachers and Denmark’s Grammy-winning Tamra Rosanes are donating all download profits of their song “Corona Christmas” to the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The creation of the song included both Perkins’ and Rosanes’ children. Perkins’ 11-year-old daughter, Liva September Riis Perkins, contributed ideas and sings on the…
Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom implemented a Stay-at-Home order for one month between the hours of 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. that began Saturday, Nov. 21 for all counties in the purple tier. Only “essential” workers are permitted to be out during this time. The governor moved 28 counties back to the most-restricted purple tier…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Board of Directors approved in a 4-1 vote to implement a pay grade and step schedule, and eliminate automatic 5% salary increase upon completion of certifications.General Manager Leo Havener wrote in the staff report that the “board of directors will consider approving general manager recommendation of a proposed pay grade…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture-U.S. Forest Service announced its expansion of the Every Kid Outdoors program to include fifth graders. The program already gives fourth grade students and their family members “fee-free access to more than 2,000 sites on national forests and grasslands for the remainder of the 2020/21 school year.”Vouchers are available now through…
Do you know a Champion for Children? First 5 Riverside (F5R) will accept nominations for its Champion for Children Award between Nov. 29 and Jan. 11 for the Champion for Children Award. The nomination form and guidelines can be found at www.First5Riverside.org. Select “news/alerts” at the top of the page to find Champion for Children…
Gov. Gavin Newsom moved 28 counties back to the most-restricted purple tier of the state’s tier system Monday. Riverside County was already in the purple tier. According to the press release issued Monday, 94.1% of the state’s population now resides in the purple tier.According to the state’s tier system, purple means the virus is widespread…
