Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle over the side on Highway 74 in the area of Bee Canyon Road at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Firefighters, along with California Highway Patrol, scoured the area attempting to locate the vehicle. About one-a-half hours after the initial report, firefighters located the vehicle about…
65 years ago – 1951 Ranchers and property owners in the Anza Valley organized an electric cooperative to bring electricity to 300,000 agricultural acres. 60 years ago – 1956 Max and Bee Krone, together with Meredith Wilson, wrote a new Smokey Bear song that was approved by the U.S. Congress. The Krones also finished another…
Last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” Jake from State Farm was feeling down about not finding a forever family gig. London: Wow. It just seems so different in here without Skye. Olivia: Yeah, but where is he? London: You didn’t hear? He got a new job with a forever mom. What a…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, March 20 to April 2. Idyllwild • March 20 — Power line down. • March 22 — Unintentional transmission of alarm, other. • March 23 — Medical aid. • March 23 — Traffc collision with injuries. • March 24 — Medical…
Editor’s note: The following are quotes from Administrative Law Judge Eric Sawyer’s opinion in his decision regarding the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s termination of former Capt. James Reyes. Sawyer found the facts presented during seven days of hearings did not support Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz’s decision to fire Reyes. Throughout the opinion, Sawyer refers…
Editor’s note: Each year, the Town Crier reports the information below for Pine Cove Water District, Idyllwild Fire Protection District, Idyllwild WD and Fern Valley WD. The March 17 issue has the FVWD salary information, IFPD was in the March 24 issue and the IWD data was in the March 31 issue. Each district provides…
Within a week of announcing agreement on a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour in California, the state Legislature approved Senate Bill 3, which steps the minimum wage from the current $10 level to $15 in 2022. California is the first state to approve the $15 minimum wage. Gov. Edmund G….
Last week, four major Republican candidates for president withdrew their names from the California ballot for the June 7 primary election. On Monday, March 28, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was the first to request that his name not appear on the Republican Party’s presidential primary ballot. A day later, Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida,…
