On Tuesday, June 16, Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington asked his board colleagues to approve the use of Community Improvement funds for several Idyllwild agencies. The Idyllwild HELP Center is the beneficiary of $3,500. Washington’s memo said the funds would be used for the Summer Safety Net Program, which provides summer utility assistance…
On the continued account of a jury duty summons from last week, the Riverside County Superior Court clerk finally took my call after more than an hour and displayed the utmost courtesy. She rescheduled me to appear this week in Banning. I checked the website Friday night and learned I was needed at 7:45 Monday…
Monitoring of underground leakage of petroleum products is continuing near and around the Chevron Station in Idyllwild. RM Environmental Inc. of Calimesa continues to monitor the site semi-annually for the presence of various hydrocarbons. The latest results, reported last month, detected total petroleum hydrocarbons, including methyl-tertiary-butyl ether, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes on the site…
The proposed 2015-16 budget, along with the Local Control Accountability Plan, were presented at the Hemet Unified School District board meeting Tuesday, June 2. The proposed budget for next fiscal year (beginning July 1) is about $22 million more than the current-year budget. Total projected expenditures will be about $226.7 million compared to $204.8 million…
Editor: I have been asking, month after month for the Pine Cove Water District board to change, with the same message they still refuse to hear. Please act now to ensure water security in the future. Don’t refuse to hear years of warnings from experts, scientists and state engineers. Anyone who’s lived here any length…
“Water consumption is down. People here are environmentally sensitive,” General Manager Tom Lynch last week told John Cook and Warren Monroe, the directors who serve as members of the Rules and Regulations Committee of the Idyllwild Water District. However, as water consumption declines, so do the district’s revenues, lamented the directors and particularly Chief Finance…
Fuel abatement in historical burn areas is an ongoing responsibility of firefighting management and crews. Wednesday, June 3, Cal Fire and Riverside County Fire personnel thinned vegetation on 4.4 miles of the Poppet Flat Truck Trail. Part of ongoing projects throughout the county to thin fire fuel and create shaded fuelbreaks, the work is…
The California Legislature is considering several bills that will have major consequences throughout the state and on the Hill. Assistance with dying The Senate approved a bill that would permit a terminally ill and medically competent patient to receive a prescription for a drug to aid in their death. There are several requirements, such…
Obituary Esperanza “Hope” Jurado 1940-2015 Esperanza “Hope” Jurado was born in El Paso, Texas, on June 16, 1940, and entered eternal life in Heaven Friday, May 22, 2015. “My home was up for sale in the city of Hemet,” states Felix Gallo, “and I knew there was no one else that I would rather have…
Check scammers trick victims by mailing counterfeit checks in the victim’s name, claiming they overpaid for some service or purchase. The scammers then request that the overpaid money can be returned by way of a money order or cash. The scammer offers to buy an item for several hundred dollars (or more), but uses a…
