The Rosa Fire has remained at 1,690 acres but was 40% contained, according to Cal Fire’s 12:41 p.m. Friday August 8 Incident update. Four zones were still under evacuation orders and five under warnings. Assigned resources included: 118 engines, 22 hand crews, 16 tenders 18 doers, 2 helicopters and 1082 personnel, in addition to “numerous”…
The Rosa Fire was listed on the CalFire website at 1,690 acres and 25% containment Thursday morning August 7. Deployed assets included 121 engines, 17 tenders, 20 dozers, 22 hand crews, 2 helicopters and 1081 personnel. The status report noted that “remote and rugged terrain.. .continues to present operational challenges…” Seven zones including Pinyon Pines,…
The Idyllwild Summer Concert Series continues tonight, Thursday August 7 with The Tokens. Sandii Castleberry will open. The Tokens are the doo wop greats remembered for “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and original tunes like “Tonight I Fell in Love” and “I Hear Trumpets Blow.” Neil Sedaka was a founding member. The present lineup is not…
The Rosa fire, which started on the afternoon of Monday August 4, had grown to 1,200 acres by 8 p.m. with 0% containment. Maps showed the fire spreading eastward, away from the Santa Rosa Indian Reservation. Seven zones were under evacuation orders, an area North of Highway 74/Springcrest Dr., South of Alpine Rd., East of…
The 300 acre Rosa Fire, near the Santa Rosa Indian Reservation, closed Highway 74 Monday afternoon, August 4. Two zones to the east, including Ribbonwood, were under evacuation orders, and the next two under warnings. By 4:30 p.m. the Cal Fire website showed 150 firefighter, 27 engines, 3 dozers, 4 water tenders and 4 hand…
Tonight, July 31, Southern California’s premier tribute to Scandinavian pop sensations ABBA will return to the Butterfield Amphitheater. ABBA LA was the one new addition to the Summer Concert Series during last year’s 25th Anniversary season, and fit well with the Series mission reach all ages and tastes. Singer Laura Bradley told the Town Crier…
By David Jerome Contributing Editor California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed suit on June 12 in Los Angeles Superior court against the officers of a family real estate empire that owns, according to the suit and widespread reporting, over 22,000 rental units in the state. The list of defendants begins with the name of Swaranjit…
By David Jerome Contributing Editor In March the Town Crier began a series of interviews with the directors of the groups within Mountain Disaster Preparedness, the all-volunteer organization dedicated to helping mountain residents help themselves and their neighbors during emergencies. We spoke with President Mike Feyder, the director of their Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)…
By David Jerome Contributing Editor Press Enterprise journalist and author Carl Love will be speaking and signing books at two events this week in support of the release of his third book, Our Idyllwild. He will be at the Idyllwild Library at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, and at the Rustic Theater at 10:30…
By David Jerome Editing Contributor Almost three years after Riverside County adopted Ordinance 927 to regulate the Short Term Rental market, both STR operators and residents concerned by the changes they saw in their neighborhood have expressed dissatisfaction with the new system. The Town Crier spoke with “responsible parties” who manage the operations of…
