On Monday, Dec. 13, new statewide California mask mandates in indoor public places were announced as in effect from Wednesday, Dec. 15 to Jan. 15. As of press time, it was not clear how these mandatory measures apply to restaurants. Are restaurants exceptions? Or does the mandate apply to restaurants only until customers reach their…
California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matt Napier reported two recent traffic collisions on the Hill.At about 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, Michele Weitzen, 49, of Westminster, Colorado, was riding a black 2017 BMW motorcycle eastbound on Forest Service Road 5S09 1.1 miles west of Pine Cove Road at about 10 mph at a…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, Nov. 29 to Dec. 5. • Nov. 29 — Public service assist, 7 p.m. Marantha Dr.• Nov. 29 — EMS call, provide advanced life support, 9:25 p.m. Maranatha Dr.• Nov. 30 — EMS call, provide ALS, 8:15 a.m. Maranatha Dr.• Nov….
Despite the National Weather Service’s (NWS) continued prediction of a La Niña winter weather pattern and the lack of precipitation in November, the past week and, perhaps, the rest of December, may be markedly different — wet. A Winter Storm Warning for early Tuesday morning through 2 a.m. Wednesday morning was issued Monday morning. Besides…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt boundaries (Map F) for the supervisorial districts beginning with next spring’s primary election and the November general election. The vote was 4-1 with Supervisor Manuel Perez (District 4) the opposing vote. In future elections, Pine Cove, Idyllwild, Mountain Center and Garner Valley to just south of…
As of Tuesday morning, the Dashboard of the Hemet Unified School District (HUSD) reported recently confirmed cases (last two weeks) of COVID at Idyllwild School as being no students and one staff member, meaning 0.33% of its combined student/staff population, the same as last week. At Hemet High, no students and two staff members are…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, Nov. 29 to Dec. 5. • Nov. 29 — Public service assist, 7 p.m. Marantha Dr.• Nov. 29 — EMS call, provide advanced life support, 9:25 p.m. Maranatha Dr.• Nov. 30 — EMS call, provide ALS, 8:15 a.m. Maranatha Dr.• Nov….
As prospective retirees, we are now looking for an appropriate purchaser for the Idyllwild Town Crier, our community’s fully adjudicated newspaper that has now completed 75 years of continuous publication in the San Jacinto Mountains — someone who will continue the Town Crier’s tradition of serving our Hill as a real community newspaper.Someone, preferably with…
Living Free’s request for a revised conditional use permit (CUP) and rezoning was unanimously approved by the Riverside County Planning Commission at its Dec. 1 meeting. After its approval, Commission Chair Carl Bruce Shaffer announced that the proposal still must garner approval from the board of supervisors.In 2016, Living Free went to the commission for…
The Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) Board of Directors, in a 15-minute special meeting last Wednesday, approved a $1,657,330 agenda item as part of outgoing General Manager Jerry Holldber’s 10/20/50-year plan.John Egan of Engineering Resources of Southern California prepared the final draft of the Preliminary Engineering Report for water systems improvements the district plans to…
