Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls Monday to Sunday, May 16 to 29. Idyllwild • May 16 — Two medical aids. • May 19 — Walk-in medical aid. • May 19 — Medical aid, Saunders Meadow Rd. • May 20 — Walk-in medical aid. • May 20 — Medical aid,…
Joe Aklufi, who was arrested May 17, along with six other former Beaumont city officials and was the former legal counsel for Idyllwild Water District, has had his arraignment moved to Aug. 19. He is being tried for six felony counts of embezzlement. At a preliminary hearing Thursday, May 26, Judge Becky Dugan set a…
According to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, “The 2016 wildfire season is off to a worrisome start. Southern California, the Great Basin in Nevada, portions of the Southwest, and even Florida and Hawaii are particularly vulnerable this year. In California, more than 40 million trees have died, becoming dry fuel for wildfire.” Vilsack and U.S….
Directors of the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District approved the annual $75 fee for water availability imposed on its Improvement District A (Garner Valley) customers. The board approved Resolution 762 at its April 21 meeting and set 3 p.m. Thursday, July 21, as the date for a public hearing on the charge. The board will…
Proposition 50, the only proposition on the June 7 ballot, proposes a constitutional amendment to suspend salaries and benefits of California legislators when they are charged with crimes during their terms of service. Salary suspension would remain in effect until all legal proceedings against the legislators were dismissed. The Legislative Counsel noted that the law…
While Riverside County officials are prepared to adjust the budget for fiscal year 2015-16, which ends June 30, the concerns for the next fiscal year and the following years may affect county services for a while. By the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century, expectations are more optimistic. According to County Executive…
Curious place, our little town. The largest of our three very small water districts won’t sell water meters to owners of vacant parcels who have been making payments to build their retirement dream cabins. In fact, that renders their properties worth very little at the moment. It also prevents a modicum of population growth we…
Exercise: Keep it social Want to get the best benefits out of your fitness routine, whether it be in the gym or outside on the trails? Research is showing that the American concept of “exercise,” as we know it, e.g., putting in hard miles, is not the best tactic. “No pain, no gain” can actually…
Idyllwild House Publishing Co. Ltd., and owners Jack and Becky Clark, publishers of the Idyllwild Town Crier, were sued April 21 in Riverside County Superior Court by J. Lee Pentrack, aka J.L. Pentrack, a former employee and joint venturer on Palm to Pines Magazine, whose publication was suspended when Pentrack resigned in January. Pentrack alleges…
Tuesday night, we not only inched, but leapt a vital step toward building the Idyllwild Community Center because of Supervisor Chuck Washington. This is much like when the former Supervisor Jeff Stone took a decades-old movement to expand our local library and pushed it forward so we now enjoy not just more space, but modern…
