The Idyllwild Garden Club invites the public to its 2015 kick-off meeting at noon Tuesday, March 3, at the lower level of the Idyllwild Community Presbyterian Church. Jackie Lasater and Ben White will give a presentation on soil and preparing soil for planting, so anyone with even a passing interest in gardening might find it…
Identifying where and why vehicle crashes occur in Riverside County – and finding ways to prevent them – is the goal of a new state grant to the county. The grant will help the county and local agencies share traffic collision data and analyze it more quickly and easily than ever before. The $340,000 grant,…
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 940 PM PST FRI FEB 27 2015 …SNOW SHOWERS WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AT TIMES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS… .A COLD AND SLOW-MOVING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 7000 FEET…THEN…
A few weeks back, I wrote about the Art Alliance of Idyllwild board in this column, expressing concern about transparency issues several members brought up during the board’s annual membership meeting. In response to the members, AAI is offering public sessions after each board meeting. (AAI is not a public entity; its board meetings are…
The Fern Valley Water District board received correspondence from its legal firm, Best, Best and Krieger, of Riverside, that it will represent the district when necessary as general counsel. However, FVWD President Robert Krieger said at the meeting last week he would respond to confirm that BBK was continuing as general counsel rather than becoming…
As our tax law becomes ever more complex, misconceptions regarding the law and its interpretation increase. Many people think that by filing an extension they can postpone paying the tax owed. An extension only extends the time to file, not to pay. You should pay the estimated amount owed with your extension to lessen penalties…
Stage 3 water emergency is imminent depending upon how much rain and snow arrives this weekend, according to Idyllwild Water General Manager Tom Lynch. “We are in Stage 2. However, we meet the criterial level for Stage 3,” Lynch reported to the IWD directors. “We are evaluating day-to-day.” Two important criteria for declaring Stage 3…
In June 2010, California voters approved Proposition 14 establishing that the top two vote getters in a primary would advance to the general election regardless of their party affiliation. So two Democrats or two Republicans might face-off in the general election, and this has happened several times in 2012 and 2014 elections. The January edition…
This weekend’s rainfall was a welcomed event as between 1.3 inches and 2 inches fell on an arid Hill. Historically, February is the second wettest month of the year. The long-term average rainfall is about 4.5 inches in February. However, the rain this Sunday was the only precipitation to fall on the Hill this year….
What a happy face I had when opening my last issue of the Crier and seeing the photo from so long ago — 1955 in Skunk Cabbage Meadows [“Past tense,” Feb. 12, 2015]. Golly, it seems like yesterday I was 14 years old and now at nearly 74 the memories are still so vivid. I…
