Another tough outing for Brendan Steele at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, South Carolina, last week. He managed only a 12-over-par 76-78 — 154, missing the cut by 10. It seems that he had trouble in all parts of his game. He hit just under 61 percent of fairways and 56 percent of greens…
By James Reserve Assistant Director John Laundré We have heard a lot this past several months about El Niño — about how it is or was supposed to deluge us with rain — and other dire predictions. And in some areas, especially further north, that seems to be the case. However, here, with every predicted…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 10 to 16. Idyllwild • April 12 — Assist invalid. • April 13 — Heat detector activation due to malfunction. • April 14 — Two medical aids. • April 15 — Medical aid. • April 16 — Medical aid. •…
In a brief meeting last Friday, the Fern Valley Water District board reviewed its fiscal 2015-16 budget and greeted Victor Jimenez, who will assume the general manager’s position at the end of June. Operating expenses continue to be less than revenues collected. In the final quarter of the fiscal year, Jessica Priefer, office manager, said…
A reader wrote to inform the Town Crier about being contacted by a purported Southern California Edison representative who demanded immediate payment for allegedly past-due electricity bills. SCE Media Contact Susan Cox noted more than 700 SCE customers had been scammed at a total loss of nearly half-a-million dollars. “Since January 2014, more than 16,000…
On Wednesday, April 13, Vicki Jakubac was selected as the new Pine Cove Water District director, replacing Tim Lange who resigned in March. From among four applicants, the board unanimously chose Jakubac. She has lived in Pine Cove for more than 20 years, raised two children and is a former PCWD employee. She left the…
Pine Cove Water District General Manager Jerry Holldber plans to provide a detailed report on the district’s water resources — well levels and possible future changes — at the June meeting. “I’ll have a better status of the well recovery rates then. Right now they are producing good,” Holldber stated and advised his board last…
Editor: Last week’s article on voter registration didn’t list the website where you can confirm your Riverside County voter registration status: www.voteinfo.net/AmIRegistered/. I wasn’t listed, so I re-registered on www.registertovote.ca.gov I had to do it twice as I didn’t understand clicking yes for a ballot means you are voting by mail. When a person registers…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors developed an ingenious idea recently to deal with that pesky state open-meeting law, the Brown Act. In its straining to develop a balanced budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year a few weeks back, Supv. Kevin Jeffries saw a need to create four subcommittees to deal with areas of the…
