STRs need density restriction Dear editor:Editor’s note: This letter also was sent to the Riverside County Planning Department.As you are aware, the short-term rental (STR) situation in Idyllwild/Pine Cove is getting more and more out of control because every community that can is either highly restricting STRs or banning them altogether.I live on Marion Ridge…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, April 25 to May 1. • April 26 — EMS call, provide advanced life support, 10 a.m. Maranatha Dr.• April 26 — EMS call, provide ALS, 12:04 p.m. Tollgte Rd.• April 26 — Power line down, 6 p.m. Hemstreet Pl.• April…
70 years ago – 1952Work began on a new bridge across Strawberry Creek at Fern Valley Corners, replacing a 25-year-old wooden structure. 65 years ago – 1957It was the wettest May anyone could remember. The season’s total rain and snowfall was 5 inches below normal, but late rains and snows were extremely beneficial as summer…
By Janice MuraskoLast week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats talked about catios.Phil: Did any of you see the new cat Rusty?Harley: Yes, but not for long. He was here, now he’s gone!Phil: Right. What happened?Whiskers: You silly boys! Rusty came in and was adopted almost immediately.Phil: What a lucky cat! I…
Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed May 1 to 7 Wildfire Preparedness Week. In his proclamation he wrote, “With California on the frontlines of this existential threat, the state is taking unprecedented action to make our communities more resilient to wildfire and improve forest health. “Building on our past budget investments, I’m proposing an additional $1.2…
A 40-year-old Indio man was killed in an over-the-side solo vehicle crash reported at 10:37 a.m. Saturday, April 30. The Riverside County Coroner identified him as Elijah Butler who was declared dead at 11:11 a.m. California Highway Patrol Sgt. Robert McLoud said the collision partially closed Highway 74 in Palm Desert at Vista Point for…
Riverside County Superior Court disposed of a transient’s mental health diversion and probation suitability filings, and decided to move ahead with a jury trial for the man charged with starting the 2013 Silver Fire. Stephen Patrick Medlock, 56, was arrested and charged with starting the fire that burned more than 20,000 acres in Poppet Flats,…
Mary RiderContributor A tale of loss, followed by hope, disappointment and eventually renewed effort was published by the Town Crier in 2018. The article, written by JP Crumrine, described attempts to save an endangered local species in the San Jacinto Mountains range. An update to the story is available this Saturday in Idyllwild. The Mountain…
Editor’s note: Spoiler alert: The first paragraph in this story about last week’s Riverside County Planning Commission hearing on the latest draft of Ordinance 927, “Regulating Short Term Rentals,” reveals the commission’s decision at the end of the hearing. If you wish to read about the public comments and commission deliberation chronologically, start with the…
Sir Ray Tindle, 95, of Farnham, England, died Monday, April 16, 2022. He was chair of Tindle Newspapers until he turned 90 and became president, stepping down to allow his only offspring, Owen Tindle, to chair the newspaper group that had, at one time, included 200 or so titles from Wales to the Isle of…
