By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service The next time you hear someone — likely a politician or spokesperson for a medical special interest group — argue that America’s health insurance arrangements are fine because they offer lots of choice for patients, don’t take them seriously. What choice are they talking about? Almost anyone navigating…
Idyllwild Fire Here are some calls the Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to recently. • Feb. 1 — Smoke scare – odor of smoke, 6 p.m. Highway 243. • Feb. 2 — Walk-in medical assist, 4:59 p.m. • Feb. 2 — Chimney fire, 7:40 p.m. Highway 243. • Feb. 3 — Medical aid, 4:55 a.m….
By The Office of Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. Contributed Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D., CA-36, introduced Agua Caliente Chairman Jeff Grubbe last week before the House Natural Resources Committee during a legislative hearing on two bills introduced by Ruiz. H.R. 4059 would take more than 2,500 acres of land in the San Jacinto Mountains into trust…
Idyllwild Community Center’s youth basketball season is in full swing. Here are the results from last week’s games. Division 1: 5- to 9-year-olds The Warriors and Rockets started the week off with a great game on Monday, Feb. 3. Tate Donovon, of the Warriors, and Ashlyn Wilkerson, of the Rockets, both had a tremendous game….
Mountain Pottery will be hosting an event to create clay beads to represent each of the 7,209 deaths that have occurred in the last 20 years among migrants crossing the southwestern border of the United States. The beads will be incorporated into a work of art made by Cannupa Hanska Luger at the Mesa Contemporary…
70 years ago – 1950 By Feb. 15, the season’s total rainfall was 20 inches. The snow line was above 6,500 feet, and the weather was warm. 65 years ago – 1955 An Idyllwild Inn cabin was badly damaged in a fire. A bucket of cleaning fluid and a throw rug left near a floor…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats welcomed Sparky and Olive. Sparky: Hey Bear! Have you heard that Olive the Chinese Crested was adopted last Saturday? Bear: That’s great! Sparky: And we hope to see her from time to time as she is with her forever mom in Garner Valley. Bear: Any…
Riverside County Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington has moved his first quarterly meeting of the year from Feb. 27 to noon-2 p.m. on March 20. When asked why the change of date and almost a month out, his office responded that something else came up that he wanted to use his influence to support. The…
Since 1986, Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP), a nonprofit, has been helping the community during natural disasters like floods or earthquakes. Its goal is to educate the public on how to prepare ahead of time for the worst-case scenario. There are nine Disaster Aid Stations (DAS) throughout Idyllwild, Fern Valley and Pine Cove that are designed…
By Nancy BorchersContributed Pine Cove Property Owners Association hosted Jeremy Goldman of Southern California Edison to speak at its Feb. 1 meeting. Goldman addressed Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), Automatic Shutoff in dangerous circumstances, Systems Hardening and Vegetation Management. Goldman was also very informative about the monitoring of wind and weather dangers through weather…
