Cal Fire/Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • Feb. 6 — Medical aid, 1:16 p.m. Pine Cove Road & Hwy. 243. • Feb. 7 — Medical aid, 1:33 p.m. Cedar St. • Feb. 8 — Traffic collision, 6:30 p.m. Hwy. 243, 1 mile north of Vista Grande…
Riverside County Executive Officer George Johnson advised, perhaps warned, the Board of Supervisors about growing demands on the county’s fiscal resources. At the Feb. 5 board meeting, Johnson and Chief Financial Officer Don Kent presented the mid-year review for fiscal year 2018-19. First, they described several added costs that were already expended and, therefore, had…
70 years ago – 1949 There were 30 to 40 inches of snow on the ground in town. Art Morris, county road foreman, reported more than 96 hours of overtime worked by his snowplow crew during January. 65 years ago – 1954 Fire destroyed a Pine Cove cabin owned by Vera Dews. It had formerly…
Idyllwild Arts Academy Theatre Chair Bonnie Carpenter has no doubt about the benefits of her department’s recently begun partnership with Fiasco Physical Theatre (fiascophysicaltheatre.com). A handful of Fiasco ensemble members take turns driving up the mountain from Los Angeles to teach at the academy for two-week stints. They train Academy Theatre majors in improvisation, acrobatics,…
The 10th-annual Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema will present its sixth-annual Children’s Film Festival. The CFF is the brainchild of Andrea Charles, IIFC filmmaker liaison. “This year’s films are amazing. We have four animated films and all are so well done,” she said. “There’s also a short film that is a spoof of ‘Superman.’” In…
Mr. Gray: Let’s have a little meeting here to come up with good adoption strategies for us cats. Thomas: OK! Maybe we could each talk about what great family members we would be. Mr. Gray: That’s a good start. I am very handsome and very affectionate. What about you, Thomas? Thomas: I like to be…
Basketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 (ages 6-9) Tuesday’s games were canceled due to inclement weather. Friday, Feb. 8, had the Idyology Celtics playing the Village Market Clippers in the first game. This was an exciting game from start to finish with several lead…
Businesses now, residential customers will shift in 2020 Microwave dinners will become more expensive beginning in October 2020. That is when Southern California Edison will begin shifting all its residential customers to time-of-use electric rates. And evening electricity will cost more than lunch time. Beginning next month, new time-of-use periods will be applied to business…
In the past week, 6 to 8 inches of snow and rain have fallen in town, much of the snow accumulating. More snow fell on the communities to the north. And the bitter cold weather helped snow fall in Garner Valley, the eastern edge of Anza Valley and as low as about 3,000 feet. As…
Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz shared with the Town Crier his thoughts about President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech. Ruiz acknowledged that the inconsistency between the president’s actions and statements creates a basic skepticism about the intent of the speech. Nevertheless, “There are some topics we’re very willing to work with him,” Ruiz…
