Smoke in our mountains coming from Winchester
A wildland Fire was reported at 2:19 p.m. Thursday, May 17, in Winchester, west of Hemet. The fire is 1,261 acres and is 40 percent contained as of 7:21 p.m.
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Kimberlin Brown Pelzer challenges Ruiz for congressional seat
As a television actor, Kimberlin Brown Pelzer is a public figure; but challenging Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz for the local congressional seat is her first political campaign experience. Pelzer is running for the Republican nomination against five other Republican candidates. Unless one of the six, including Ruiz, garners more than 50 percent of the June…
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Attorney Shaffer Cormell seeks Superior Court judgeship
Editor’s note: Shaffer Cormell and Tim Hollenhorst are running for a seat on the California Superior Court in Riverside County. Superior Court judges can be elected, as in this case, or appointed by the governor. The terms are six years and they must stand for re-election. Most often, sitting judges are not challenged. Cormell and…
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Tim Hollenhorst candidate for Superior Court judge
Tim Hollenhorst, a native Californian, is a prosecutor in the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. He has been a deputy district attorney since 2004, and tried more than 50 cases. For the past five years, he has been the prosecutor for the Gang Impact Task Force, and working on murder, guns and drugs cases originating…
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Hiker rescued Sunday afternoon
At 1:28 p.m. Sunday, May 13, Riverside County Fire Department/Cal Fire responded to a remote-area rescue at Humber Park. An adult male hiker was reported to have a lower extremity injury on the Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail. At 3:15 p.m., Cal Fire helicopter 301 located, extricated and brought the patient to awaiting paramedics. The patient…
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Solar panels will be required for new residential construction
Solar panels will be part of new-home construction beginning in 2020. Last week, the California Energy Commission approved new building-efficiency standards that will require solar panels. The commission expects the new standards will reduce energy consumption 53 percent for homes, the equivalent of 115,000 fewer gas-consuming cars on the streets. Energy consumption in nonresidential buildings…
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Readers Write: My favorite vacation
Editor: Our granddaughter Kalena Perry is 10. I wanted to share this with our readers on the Hill. I think it sums up how we all feel about our mountain. Here is her homework: “The place I like to go to on vacation is a small town called Idyllwild. This place is located up in…
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Readers Write: Lack of fiscal responsibility
Editor: I was very disappointed to receive and study the Idyllwild Water District’s letter stating its plan to increase our water rates for the next five years, and after having just had a rate increase last year. While the water district notice states, “Just as many households incur increased expenses,” it doesn’t make clear the…
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Readers Write: Attention IWD customers
Editor: It’s difficult for laymen to understand how this proposed rate increase would affect their pocketbooks, and little explanation of why it is needed or what the district is doing to minimize expenditures. Here we go again. If you received a rate structure and newsletter by mail you may have glanced at it. Maybe tossed…
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Readers Write: Speak up on IWD rate increases
Editor: Yes, we all need clean, safe water. Of course. I’m willing to pay more for this vital commodity. But to tax at these proposed exorbitant rates cannot be the only solution. The Idyllwild Water District board needs to extend the June 20 deadline for protests by several months so their customers have time to…
