A smattering of rain and snow fell on the Hill last week. Rainfall totaled between 0.25 and 0.34 inches from Mountain Center to Pine Cove. While the snowfall in Garner Valley and further south was more than an inch and Pine Cove recorded half an inch, Idyllwild barely saw a light covering, insufficient to declare…
65 years ago – 1950 “Red,” a barking dog, awakened his sleeping neighbors about 2 a.m. He was alerting them that there was a fire in the Cedars Café. He was deemed a hero. 60 years ago – 1955 At a Town Hall meeting of Idyllwild water users, a bond issue of $265,000 on a…
Oh my catness! What an eventful week for the ARF cats and kittens. First meow, Bubbles has gone to the best home ever to watch TV with her new human (and maybe a little office work, too.) Second meow, Heidi has been adopted, too! And last meow, the two kittens, Charlotte and Webster are in…
Third District Supv. Chuck Washington asked his board colleagues Tuesday, Nov. 13, to approve the use of Community Improvement Funds for several community service agencies within his district. The Idyllwild HELP Center is the beneficiary of $2,000. Washington’s memo said the funds would be used for the holiday program and winter support. HELP Center clients…
Fire log the Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, Nov. 16 to 22. Idyllwild • Nov. 16 — Good intent call, Jameson Dr. • Nov. 16 — Two walk-in medical aids. • Nov. 17 — Walk-in medical aid. • Nov. 18 — Medical aid, N. Circle Dr. • Nov. 19…
Prescribed burning operations in the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino National Forest will begin in the next few week, according to a U.S. Forest Service release. Firefighters will be burning slash and debris piles adjacent to Forest Service fire stations. Signs will be posted along the roadways to alert passersby to the…
Water usage during the September and October period at Fern Valley Water District was 1.1 million gallons less than the same two months in 2014. For the year, Fern Valley customers have reduced consumption nearly 3.5 million gallons compared to the first 10 months of 2014. The October savings was about 16 percent and for…
While the business conducted at the Idyllwild Water District’s Nov. 18 meeting carries several projects forward into the future, the board also took time to salute two directors whose terms are ending. Warren Monroe, first elected in August 2003, and Dean Lattin, appointed in 2013, completed their service. New directors Steve Kunkle and June Rockwell…
Gender-based violence is the concern of a new group on the Hill and the subject of a public event Tuesday, Dec. 1. Callie Wight, a member of the group, says its formation was not a reaction to incidents on the Hill and stressed that children who live here from high school to later, spend considerable…
