Brendan Steele tees off Thursday, Jan. 16, for his first tournament of calendar year 2014 in the $5.7 million Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation in nearby La Quinta. Of course, the newly formatted PGA Tour season began three months ago and Steele played in some of those early tournaments. He currently is…
Capt. Lyndon “Ray” Wood returned in December 2013 as the new head of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet Station, the station where he started his law enforcement career in 1990. “In the short term, I want to assess our resources,” Wood said. “I want to better utilize the resources I have and continue to do…
Carlos Reynosa performed blues with Leroy Miracle on bass and Billy Shaw on drums last Thursday at the Lumber Mill.
During the U.S. Forest Service’s second bald eagle count of the 2013-14 season, a pair of adult eagles was observed adding to their nest at Lake Hemet …
County, state and federal health officials intensified their admonishments to the public to obtain flu vaccines. State officials confirmed seven deaths already this season, as cases of influenza are well ahead of normal. “For this time of year, seasonal influenza activity continues to rise in California. This week it reached the level of activity considered…
Tonight’s (Tuesday, Jan. 7) regular meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission has been postponed, according to Fire Chief Patrick Reitz. A new date has not yet been set.
About a week ago, I parked my car and walked a mile or so with my dogs to the end of Marion Ridge Drive and into the very large field below it. I didn’t realize until I returned to my car that I had lost my keys. Over the next week, I retraced my steps…
The new year brought one barely noticeable change to the Hill. Officially, the San Jacinto Mountain Area Water Study Agency terminated. It passed quietly and without fanfare, a contrast with its notoriety and presence during its infancy in the 1980s and more recently in the early 2000s. The Agency, as it was initially called, was…
While the daytime temperatures seem to hide winter’s presence, forecasters assure us that colder weather is coming …
