The November 13 meeting of the Directors of Pine Cove Water District was brief. Three directors, President Robert Hewitt, Lou Padula and Vicki Jakubac made a quorum. The first quarter budget review was weighted by large annual expenses: $66 thousand for insurance and over $16 thousand for workers’ comp. Two new trucks were purchased from…
At the November 12th meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Idyllwild Fire Protection District, Chief Mark Lamont’s Report noted invoicing of Mutual Aid calls over $3.6 million for 2024, not including participation in the Mountain Fire in Ventura County. In 2020 mutual aid calls amounted to $500 thousand, and this year is well above…
Editor’s note: A separate story discusses the Assembly District races and the Idyllwild Water District Board election. The polls have been closed for two weeks. Most final results are known, but about 46,900 ballots remain to be counted in Riverside County as of 6 pm, Saturday, Nov.16. About 1,100 ballots were counted since Friday. As…
Editor’s note: A separate story discusses the turnout in the November 5 election and the Congressional District 41 race. For the second consecutive election, the race for Assembly District 47 is very close. As of Saturday evening, Nov. 16, incumbent Republican Gregg Wallis leads his Democratic opponent Christy Holstege by 3,900 votes. Wallis took the…
Late Friday, Nov. 9, after a nearly 12-hour meeting, the California Air Resources Board approved changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. While the vote was 12-2, this was a controversial decision, especially in the wake of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call of a Special Legislative Session to address increasing gasoline prices in the State. The…
Dear Spiritual Workout:I have a confusing relationship with my manager at work. We are friends outside of work and she lets me get away with things but she has crossed boundaries with physically pinching me when she disagrees with me. I like my job and need money but am not sure how to feel about…
Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that their Special Enforcement Bureau arrested 38-year-old William Altpeter in Idyllwild on Thursday November 14. Long Beach Police, in a press release, reported that Altpeter has been booked for murder, suspected in the November 1 murder of a 72-year-old Long Beach man in the 4700 Block of Greenmeadow Road. The…
Last week, the Riverside County Department of Planning issued a public notice announcing that the application process for Tier 2, Short Term Rental certificates was open for Idyllwild and the Wine Country. The two-page application is available online (https://planning.rctlma.org/sites/g/files/aldnop416/files/2024-11/Riverside%20County%20STR%20Tier%202%20Application.pdf) and must be submitted online by midnight, Sunday, Dec. 1. Tier 1 certificates were awarded last…
Dear Spiritual Workout: How do I trust other people when I am so used to being betrayed? It seems like I don’t even notice it in the moment and find out later that my friends weren’t being nice to me. How can I distinguish when to trust and when not to? Dear Reader: If you…
Less than 36 hours after the polls closed on the Presidential Election and less than 24 hours after Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the race to former President Donald Trump, on Thursday, Nov. 7, Gov. Gavin Newsom called a Special Session of the State’s Legislature to convene on Dec. 2. Its purpose is to prepare…
