At its July 12 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors addressed two separate topics affecting local fire management. Tax advance The Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s request for a $400,000 advance of its share of property tax revenue will be on the agenda. IFPD has made these requests before and the board has not objected….
Editor: Many people share the religious feelings of the Thompsons, but my over 70 years of thought and research on religion provides a very different understanding. As I have written in “From Tradition to Truth: Fear, Belief, and Civilization,” Moses, Jesus and Muhammad lived at the most tumultuous period in human history. Prior to this…
Editor: About a week ago, I called Mike Freitas of the Idyllwild Water District board to ask if he could meet for a cup of coffee. He called back and was too busy. I requested a tour of the waste treatment plant and facilities. I also asked him if he was a full-time resident of…
Editor: I have the right to say how I feel and so do you. I appreciate your response. I wrote about observations, not judgments. Thank God we live in America and can enjoy our freedom of speech. When I came to America in 1956, it was a different America than we live in now. You…
The Rotary Club works so hard putting together a great Independence Day Parade and now a Family Freedom Festival afterward. Chuck Weisbart (and Bob Parish in the past) and volunteers (Mountain Community Patrol, too) deserve huge kudos and hugs for how they pull together our community every year in this fun celebration. They took much…
The California Department of Transportation began work this week on a Highway 371 left-turn lane project. The work will be from 0.2 miles west of Bahrman Road to 0.03 miles west of Bailiff Road. The project will construct left-turn lanes for both directions of travel on Highway 371. The $520,000 project, awarded to All American…
The prosecution of Traci Farley, 52, of Pinyon, who was charged with 13 counts of arson last week, has been suspended. Judge Mark Mandio has requested the medical reports of Farley’s mental competence before proceeding with the further court actions. At the July 8 felony settlement conference, Mandio heard a motion from the public defender,…
A steady diet of lizards may explain why the Southern Pacific rattlesnake species in this area has such a highly toxic venom, said a local expert. Dr. William Hayes, professor of biology at Loma Linda University, said research in the San Jacinto, San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains show that the snake’s venom is unusually…
Vandals shot out car windows in multiple locations over a two-day period on Saturday, July 9, and Sunday, July 10. Although reports are still incomplete, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station received information that damage took place in 15 different locations, including neighborhoods in and around Lake Lane, Idyllbrook Drive, Toll Gate Road, Middle Ridge…
Nearly two years after terminating former Capt. James Reyes and nearly four months since an administrative law judge recommended reversing that action, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commissioners decided to uphold Reyes’ dismissal and rejected his appeal. While the commission hopes that case has ended, Reyes’ Riverside County Superior Court case against IFPD has a…
