The Mountain Disaster Preparedness group is hosting a special meeting next week with the Riverside County Department of Public Health and the community at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at the Idyllwild Library. This will be the final of 17 community sessions across the county since last month. It has been many years since the…
It’s spring. Flowers are blooming and the leaves of trees are starting to form and uncurl. It’s time for a community meeting to hear about the Goldspotted oak borer. The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council is holding just such a meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Idyllwild Nature Center. This is the…
Idyllwild students attending Hemet High School have to have a bus pass costing $520 annually or rely on private transportation to school but next year, that cost may be eliminated. At its April 7 meeting, Tuesday evening, the Hemet Unified School District Board of Trustees was to consider eliminating the pass for next year. This…
Photos by Marjie Ibanez UPDATE 1:13 p.m.: The incident commander is reporting that a person is in custody. UPDATE 1:03 p.m.: Both lanes are open to traffic. The incident commander is releasing more resources from the fire and now reporting the acreage at 3.4. UPDATE 12:35 p.m.: Firefighters are mopping up the Cranston Fire and…
The Finance Committee of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District has scheduled a special meeting at 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, in the district’s conference/training room at the fire station, 24160 Maranatha Drive, Idyllwild. The two main items on the agenda will be discussions of restructuring of the IFPD’s finances and long-term debt and a potential…
A late-evening fire on Saturday destroyed the workshop of Karson Meltzer on Marian View Drive. Idyllwild Fire responded and kept the fire confined to that building. All photos by Jenny Kirchner. Karson reportedly was at the home of a friend at the time the fire broke out. There were no injuries, but Karson related that…
Susan Righetti, from the Idyllwild Library, describes the duties of a librarian Tuesday to the children at Town Hall, during “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Week (spring break from school).
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Ray Woods, of the Hemet Station, confirmed that a break-in occurred at Idyllwild Pines Camp the night of Saturday, March 21. “A number of cabins were involved,” he said. “Some were forced. It appeared to be a crime of opportunity; mostly personal belongings, such as purses, were taken.” No one…
On March 18, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee met with the chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Tom Tidwell, to discuss the agency’s fiscal 2015-16 budget request. During the hearing, several questions were asked about how the Forest Service funds the cost of firefighting when it exceeds appropriate levels and other firefighting…
In my younger days, conversations with my mother centered around her health, and what she ate that day and recent days. I remember her drawing-out descriptions, such as “a little ham and some black-eyed peasssss.” Black-eyed peas regularly made the list — always topped with hot-pepper sauce … always. You can’t have black-eyed peas in…
