Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats talked about new dogs Nala and Yale, and returning cat Indigo. Yale: Nala was adopted last week! I hope I am soon. George: No doubt you will be before you know it. Yale: I want all humans to understand why it is so advantageous…
A year-long program of celebratory events The Idyllwild Library celebrates its centenary on July 27, 2020. The library staff are planning a year-long schedule of celebratory events to mark the 100-year anniversary. The current library in Strawberry Plaza is the sixth iteration of Idyllwild’s public reading center. The first was in Claudius Emerson’s historic Idyllwild…
Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz has resigned. Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission President Jerry Buchanan announced the resignation at the beginning of the commission’s March 26 meeting. “We are sadly short one chief,” Buchanan lamented as the meeting began. “Chief Reitz tendered his resignation effective March 20 for personal reasons. “I thank him for many,…
Higher fees approved: ambulance, mitigation and permitting In a meeting highlighted with the announcement that the fire chief has resigned (see accompanying story), the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission also attended to many other business issues and decisions at its March 26 meeting. Besides the usual financial and incident report statistics, Caltrans briefed the commission…
Caltrans maintenance crews will be making repairs to damaged pavement on Highway 79 between Horizon View Street and Pauba Road, both in Temecula. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, and Thursday, April 4, with flagging in both directions. Motorists are advised that delays could be lengthy. Detours are…
Caltrans announced today that it expects to access to Lake Fulmor within two to three weeks on Highway 243 from Idyllwild, according to Shane Massound, public information officer for Caltrans. The estimate for use of Highway 74, west to Hemet, is currently six weeks. When this is available, escorts vehicles will lead traffic between 4…
On Monday, March 11, 2019, Melvin Goldfarb, loving husband and father, passed away at the age of 90. Melvin was born Jan. 31, 1929, in Michigan. He proudly served in the U.S. Army and graduated at the top of his class in pharmacy school at UC Berkeley. He worked as a pharmacist for the next…
The U.S. Forest Service confirmed that it is proceeding with its scheduled prescribed burn on Thomas Mountain in Garner Valley this week. The project’s goal is creating community-scale defensible space and enhanced forest health. “After a successful test burn of 10 acres on Monday, March 25, crews plan to continue work on the 1,074-acre burn…
Editor: To add to Nancy Borcher’s letter to the editor of the Town Crier in the March 21, edition, American Medical Response receives no tax-base dollars for its service as a contractor to Riverside County as its 911 ambulance provider. All revenue is created by user fees, and AMR’s ambulances in Pine Cove and Anza…
Editor: In response to the letter from David Pearson, Ph.D., March 14 regarding Quiet Skies, I think that Temecula would not be as impacted by jets passing over because there is already a lot of ambient noise in the area. Considering vehicle noise from Highway 79, throughout Temecula, and the 215 traffic, the jet noise…
