Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington has selected Ruthanne Taylor Berger to fill the 3rd District’s open seat on the Riverside County Planning Commission. Taylor Berger is deputy executive director of the Western Riverside Council of Governments and has more than 30 years of experience in transportation planning, intergovernmental negotiations and land development. She has been a…
On the recommendation of Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins, the Board of Supervisors, at its June 2 meeting, approved the closure of seven potentially fire hazard areas. The closures will remain in effect until further notice in the following areas: • Avery Canyon (Gibbel Road east of State Street in Hemet) • North…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for the past week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls, Sunday to Saturday, May 24 to 30. Idyllwild • May 24 — Alarm call, Robin Dr. Handled by deputy. • May 24 — Barking dog, Idyllbrook Dr….
The echelon of U.S. Forest Service fire managers is filled with overly qualified and dedicated individuals. They have trained for years and been educated on fire behavior and firefighting tactics. It takes years to move up the ladder because of their love for the job. Few willfully leave, except for another fire position or upon…
Students watch as Jake Mabery is safe at home, despite teacher Brennen Priefer’s attempt to tag him, during the Idyllwild School staff vs. student softball game Friday morning. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Editor: Our local water boards are making crisis decisions about our future community: Stage 1 emergency, Stage 2, Stage 3, descending at rapid and unheard-of speed. Pine Cove and Fern Valley are not listening to the clear guidance coming from the state of California. They are not listening to what’s best for our locality. They…
Every few years I receive a jury summons in the mail and most often, it is to appear in Murrieta. Why? A drive to Banning from my house is at least a half hour shorter. Maybe, you think, they try more cases in Murrieta. Yet the last time Jack appeared there, except for him, the…
One of my favorite bits of mountain lore is the sad saga of Charles Beverly Hughes. Eldest son of a clergyman in the mountains of West Virginia, 37-year-old Hughes left home after his mother’s death. Heading west early in 1905 to seek his fortune, he settled in Banning. That seemed to be an odd choice….
Both Idyllwild and Pine Cove water districts will have summer campaigns to fill seats on their boards. As of the Friday, May 29, deadline, five people — Jim Billman, Dean Lattin, Steven Kunkle, Warren Monroe and June Rockwell — have qualified for the August mail-in ballot. Three seats are available. Billman, the board president, Lattin…
The Local Review Board of the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District is planning a community meeting to discuss the benefit of seeking the county’s approval to apply the state’s Mills Act to the local historic district. The meeting is tentatively set from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, at the Idyllwild Library. The Mills Act…
