Mountain Lion spotted off Toll Gate
Michael Freitas caught this footage on his home’s surveillance camera over the weekend. Freitas lives on near Country Club and Lake Drive, off Toll Gate Road, a heavily residential neighborhood.
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Steele has ups and downs at The Players
It all came down to a 9-foot putt on the final hole Friday at The Players Championship, and it just didn’t drop this time. Brendan Steele experienced a pair of roller-coaster rounds and came up one stroke too many to make the cut. The Idyllwild native posted a 1-over-par 73-72 — 145 and missed playing…
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Before Our Time: Strawberry Plaza’s birth was controversial …
I appreciate the walkable convenience of one-stop shopping at the post office, food markets, bank, pharmacy and library, all situated in and around Strawberry Plaza. On the other hand, viewed from surrounding mountain ridges, this asphalt patch is one of the most prominent scars on the forest landscape, out of keeping with the overall character…
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Ruiz honors Fire Safe Council
Following his March visit to the Hill and tour of the Mountain Fire burn area, Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-CA 36) recognized the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council in the March 16 “Congressional Record.” Among his comments about the benefit and value of the MCFSC to the Hill, he said, “Since 2002, volunteers and staff…
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Indio Mayor Lupe Ramos Watson to challenge Rep. Raul Ruiz
Lupe Ramos Watson, mayor of Indio, is the first announced challenger to Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz’s (D) seat representing the 36th Congressional District in 2016. Watson, a Republican, is a Coachella Valley native. She was born and raised in Indio, the fourth generation of her family in the district. Since 2004, she has been a…
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Out Loud: Aging …
I enjoyed a birthday last week but for once in some birthdays, acknowledged my aging. The camera and mirror seem to show an older woman than the day before. Who cares? Who “feels” wrinkles? I feel, instead, the aches. Over the weekend, after many hours of planting a container garden on my deck, getting up…
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Idyllwild Fire plans to move commission elections: Beginning 2017, commissioners to be elected in even years
Beginning in 2018, the election of Idyllwild Fire Protection District commissioners will coincide with either presidential or California gubernatorial elections. The IFPD commission unanimously approved a resolution requesting the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approve the switch from mail-ballot elections at the end of August in odd-numbered years. In February, when he shared this idea…
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Ruiz campaign fundraising ahead of 2013
Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz was re-elected to the House of Representatives in November. He still has 20 months in his second term and 18 until the next election. But last week, Indio Mayor Lupe Ramos Watson announced her intention to challenge Ruiz in 2016. (See accompanying story.) Watson was born and raised in Indio and…
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Salaries/compensation at Fern Valley Water District
Editor’s note: Over the next few weeks, the Town Crier will publish the latest report (2013) of annual salaries/compensation of local public agencies. The information presented is posted as submitted by the reporting entity. The State Controller’s Office is not responsible for the accuracy of this information.
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Fire and Forest: Buy local firewood — keep pests off the Hill …
Around the house we can always find pests that are more of a nuisance in our everyday lives than they are damaging — irritants like ants on the kitchen counter, cobwebs in the corners, flies and even that moth flying around the dinner table light at night. No harm is done. We live with them…
