In October, the U.S. Forest Service proposed a plan to reforest a portion of the land, not within the wilderness area, burned during the Mountain Fire in July 2013. The agency requested comments on the proposal by Oct. 24. As of Oct. 29, only one comment had been submitted, according to San Jacinto Ranger District…
Water production in the Pine Cove Water District declined in September and climbed again in October. For the 10 months of 2014, total production of 28.4 million gallons is nearly 780,000 gallons (2.8 percent) more than the same period in 2013. And despite the drought conditions, this is the most for this 10-month period since…
California voters easily approved Proposition 47, which reduces certain nonserious and nonviolent property and drug offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. The measure also allows certain offenders who have been previously convicted of such crimes to apply for reduced sentences. In general, offenders convicted of misdemeanor crimes are punished less severely than felony offenders. The anticipated…
Editor: Yes, you can expect to see more trash on the side of the road from illegal dumping. Why? Because someone has decided that you must pay $25 to drop off any piece of electronic equipment. That computer you no longer want? $25 to get rid of it. Same for a TV. And would you…
Obituary Delbert Motley Sandlin 1932-2014 Delbert “Bill” Motley Sandlin left this plane for his great reward at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. He was at home with his family at the end of a long combat with cancer and cardiovascular disease. Bill came to earthly being at home in 1932 as the 12th living…
The Idyllwild HELP Center’s annual Angel Tree is up and decorated with the names of many children. Helping this year are (from left) Teagan White, Brynnley Meyer, Caden Meyer, Peyton Manchee and Colleen Meyer, at the HELP Center. This year, two Angel trees are available. Besides the tree at the Library (shown here), the second tree is at Fairway Market. “We have the most kids on the Angel Tree that we have ever had,” wrote Colleen, the HELP Center’s client services administrator.
Hemet Unified School District offices and school sites will be closed during the week of Thanksgiving from Monday, Nov. 24 to Friday, Nov. 28. In December, HUSD offices will be closed from Monday, Dec. 22 to Friday, Jan. 2, 2015.
Four people were injured in a traffic collision Sunday afternoon on Highway 74. Michael Ayala, 18, of San Jacinto was traveling east on Highway 74 just east of Strawberry Creek in a 2007 white Subaru at 3:55 p.m. when he crossed the double-yellow lines into the path of a 2002 silver Toyota Highlander driven by…
