At the Oct 18 meeting of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, Ordinance 927.1 (Regulating Short Term Rentals [STRs]) and Ordinance 671.22 (Consolidated fees for land use) were again on the agenda as well as the report due pursuant to Ordinance 449.251 (the STR moratorium). And more will come at the Oct. 25 board meeting….
The official name for Proposition 1 is the “Constitutional right to reproductive freedom.” The California Legislature initiated a proposal to amend the state constitution to give individuals the sole right to decide their reproductive actions — whether that is contraceptives to prevent conception or to terminate after conception. The actual language of the proposed amendment…
The votes have been tallied and the recipient of the 2022 Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award is biologist Jon King. The award is given to recognize those who have demonstrated a tangible, perhaps physical, effect on the community. The honor is given to an individual or group who represents EMax’s spirit of community and volunteerism….
From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, mental hygiene workshops continue with Nancy Waite-O’Brien, Ph.D., SEP, and a program titled, “Where Do Upsetting Feelings Come From and What to Do With Them.”The workshops, an offering from the Idyllwild Forest Health Project and its offshoot, Mountain Communities Mutual Aid, are a community building effort,…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Sunday to Saturday, Oct. 2 to 8. • Oct. 2 — Carbon monoxide detector, no CO. Marian View Dr.• Oct. 2 — Walk-in EMS, transport.• Oct. 2 — EMS, treat & release. Hwy. 243.• Oct. 2 — Natural vegetation fire. Deerfoot Ln.• Oct. 2…
San Diego mother of three Vera Nakova Ortiz had an eventful Labor Day weekend. Her long weekend in the San Jacinto Mountains with her children nearly turned to tragedy when her son Alex was bitten by a rattlesnake outside the house where they were staying. The boy is fine now, and Vera was so impressed…
By James EckhardtRiverside Mountain Rescue Unit (RMRU) Editor’s note: RMRU gave us permission to reprint this story from its website. Our sincerest condolences go out to the family and friends of Chelsea Walsh and Gavin Escobar [both of Huntington Beach]. The two climbers died in a fall from Tahquitz Rock (Lily Rock) Wednesday, Sept. 28….
On Monday, Oct. 3, Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington and Charissa Leach, the county’s director of the Transportation and Land Management Agency, headlined a Town Hall meeting geared toward learning local sentiments regarding short-term rentals (STRs) in the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area. Opening the meeting, Washington asked that civility be maintained by those in attendance, and…
Spirit Mountain Retreat will host a free event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, that the organizers, headed by Christina Nordella and her Mother Earth Healing Center (MEHC), are calling Idyllstock. The intent is to bridge the generations between Woodstock and what is called “Gen C.” Gen C has picked up two definitions, the…
At its Sep. 27, regular meeting, Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Chief Mark LaMont reported that, thus far in 2022, IFPD has participated in 10 mutual aid assignments regarding fires ranging from Redding to San Diego, including the recent Fairview Fire in Hemet. The California Master Mutual Aid agreement provides responding agencies with complete cost…
