Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) will grow by 18 acres in the next month. At its May 2 meeting, during its function as the board for the Regional Park and Open Space District, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the sale of surplus land from the county Parks Department to PCWD. The expected cost…
The outlook for the 2023 summer fire season continues to be cautious but better than 2022. Winter’s rain and snow have greatly improved fuel moisture content. Last week’s cool weather and modest precipitation also delayed the drying of fuels, especially at the higher elevations of the San Jacinto Mountains. Idyllwild and most of the Hill…
The Town Crier had the opportunity to catch up with Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) Jazz Faculty member Paul Carman this week. He and his students recently returned from one of the high points of their year, the trip to the Reno Jazz Festival. This tradition for jazz educators across the West is now in its…
Local restaurateur Luis SolisDelgado, 44, of Idyllwild was arrested Thursday, April 27, on Acacia Avenue in Hemet and booked on five felony charges — one count of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age and four counts of sodomy with a child under 10. “I was informed detectives are actively…
The next election for California’s Assembly seats is the 2024 Presidential Election. Last week, nearly 18 months before the election and about a year before the primaries, Christy Holstege, Palm Springs council member, has announced her challenge to Greg Wallis, the current Assembly District 47 (AD) incumbent. In 2022, following the state’s redistricting of Assembly…
The relatively balmy April temperatures and sunshine replaced the dismal and turbulent March weather. The beginning of May brings another change, almost a second act. Cool weather began to return Monday. The National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts its continuation, along with some precipitation, until the end of the week and recently described the current Southern…
The ending of a calendar period is a somewhat somber occasion, whether it be that of a year, a month or a season; it signals a place for some type of reflection, both for the time just past and the prospects for coming events. Thus it is with the divisions of an academic year; with…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Board of Directors covered a great deal of ground at its Wednesday, April 19, meeting. Here are some of the highlights: Brown Act The Town Crier reported on two potential Brown Act violations that occurred at the special March 29 meeting. The first was that the board voted on a…
At its April 18 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the request from 4th District Supervisor V. Manuel Perez to have the Planning Department staff review the current Noise Ordinance (847) for possible amendments. Perez noted that since summer 2022 when Code Enforcement implemented its Special Enforcement Team, primarily on weekends and evenings,…
Susan Zahn is the current acting district ranger for the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF). She began her tour about eight weeks ago and expects it to end by late June. Zahn is the latest in a series of “acting district rangers” since Julie Hall left for the Inyo…
