Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, June 12 to 18, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance June 12 — Medical aid, Pine Crest Ave., Idyllwild. June 12 — Walk-in medical aid. June 12 — Medical aid, Idyllbrook Drive, Idyllwild. June 13 — Cover assignment, highways 243 and 74,…
The Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors approved a $1.5 million budget for fiscal 2012-13, which starts July 1. For income, the budget anticipates a slight decline in tax income and a marginal increase in water sales ($42,000 more than fiscal 2011-12). The budget also plans more for engineering for a Fern Valley Road…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report on the Friday, June 15, golf tournament played at the Red Hawk Golf Club in Temecula. The cool, cloudy morning gave way to a sunny afternoon. The course was in good shape with tiered greens. Bill Ragland (course handicap 15) and Bob Stearns…
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on Town Hall Youth baseball for the week of June 11. T-Ball League Tuesday, June 12, was the last game for Idyllwilds littlest baseball players. The American Legion Dodgers played the Rotary Padres. Both teams played great and made a bunch of good plays. Carter McLean hit…
As 5 p.m., Monday, nearly 5.3 million ballots had been cast in the June 5 Primary election, about 400,000 remain to be counted, of which about 7,000 are in Riverside County. Statewide turnout was 30.8 percent. Riverside County’s turnout was less, 27.3 percent. On the Hill, based just on ballots counted on June 5 and…
Two residential burglaries, one on River Drive (June 6) and one on Double View Drive (June 14), continue the spate of criminal activity that has increased over the last year. And on Thursday, June 14, vandals cut the lock on Town Hall’s outside storage shed and ransacked the supplies kept inside. Nothing was stolen. Disorder…
Recreation to develop an action plan to increase revenues and collection of unpaid user fees at state parks, while maintaining the character and values of the state park system. The bill establishes a State Park Enterprise Fund. The fund’s monies will be held in trust and used exclusively for construction and installation of new…
Paws up to our Anza Gang for living in the moment. We continue to train, socialize and medically care for a few. Sydney, the mini Aussie and the oldest of the rescue was the first to be scooped up into someone’s arms. He spoke right up and his human listened. Sydney now lives in perfect…
65 years ago – 1947 Fred Patton revealed he was smuggled into this area. “Back in 1895,” he recalled, “a man stole me from my folks up in Sonoma County. He was interested in gold mining over by Kenworthy and he hijacked me along to help him.” The mining experience didn’t amount to much, but…
This week, the Riverside County Board of Supervisor’s began to discuss the potential of enacting a county ordinance to regulate the rental of private homes for vacation use. On May 8, the board asked the county counsel to prepare a report on the potential of an ordinance. The counsel’s response was the basis of Tuesday’s…
