Editor’s note: This meeting occurred at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, before the fire crossed Rouse Ridge. Officials assigned to the unified command for the Fairview Fire, which was first reported in East Hemet on Monday, Sept. 5 at 3:37 p.m., spoke to the public this evening at the Riverside County Fire Station 52 in…
August 2022 was hot with record temperatures all over Southern California. Death Valley reached 127 degrees one day last week. The National Weather Service (NWS) reported, “August was roughly 2 to 3.5 degrees warmer than average for most areas.” While millions in the region had to endure the high temperatures and even, perhaps, moderate their…
Editor’s Note: Seven propositions will be on the November ballot. The July 14 edition of the Idyllwild Town Crier had an article describing all seven propositions. Between now and the election on Nov. 8, the Town Crier will report on each proposition individually. In this edition is the first of these articles, Proposition 28, Arts…
Update 10:07 p.m.: Hemet High School will be closed tomorrow due to the Fairview Fire. The fire is now at 2,000 acres and 5% contained. Two civilians have died and one civilian has been injured and taken to a hospital. The fire is headed a hard east. Both smoke and fire are visible from the…
The Idyllwild Forest Health Project (IFHP) and its Mountain Communities Mutual Aid (MCMA) organization, working with local therapist Robyn Winks, will be bringing a roster of local mental health professionals to Town Hall for a series of six Saturday morning adult workshops to “help community members gain healthy, updated coping skills and practices to thrive…
At a special meeting Monday, Aug. 15, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously ratified the public emergency for Monkeypox. The previous Monday, Aug. 8, Riverside County Public Health Officer Geoffrey Leung proclaimed a public health emergency. While the number of Monkeypox cases in Riverside County was not widely spreading, he was concerned that the…
Wednesday, Aug. 10, Bartle Wells Associates (BWA) submitted its proposal to Idyllwild Water District (IWD) to conduct water and wastewater rate studies for the district at a cost of $30,850. Seven days later, at the Aug. 17 meeting, on the recommendation of General Manager Leo Havener, the IWD board approved accepting BWA’s proposal over the…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, Aug. 15 to 21. (IFPD has a new system of reporting that does not include times in its logs.) • Aug. 15 — Walk-in emergency medical service, provide advanced life support.• Aug. 15 — EMS, provide ALS. Roble Dr.• Aug. 16…
At the Wednesday, Aug. 10, Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) board meeting, directors were surprised to learn of an incident that occurred in February involving Southern California Edison (SCE) and Piño Tree Service at Dutch Flats on PCWD property.General Manager Jeremy Potter and Office Manager Becky Smith explained to the board that in February, a…
Lake Hemet’s lake level when full is 135 feet, according to Lake Hemet Municipal Water District (LHMWD) General Mike Gow in his report to directors at the board meeting last Thursday. The report stated that when the lake is half full, the level is 118 feet. As of July 26, he wrote, the level is…
