JP CrumrineCorrespondent Riverside County officials — Board of Supervisors, Planning and Code Enforcement, and the grand jury — have been grappling with revising the current policy for regulating short-term rentals (STRs). The board formally initiated the effort to revise the STR policy (Ordinance 927) in February 2020 and has been overseeing the progress. A grand…
On Thursday, Aug. 19, the California Public Utilities Commission authorized a 7.63% increase to Southern California Edison’s revenue requirement for 2021. SCE had requested a 19.03% increase. This results in $12.41 (or 8.9 percent) more monthly for a typical residential customer’s bill. The CPUC excluded more than $131 million of costs for executive compensation and…
Editor’s note: Some of this story is taken from past Town Crier news coverage of this crime. The California Appeals Court, District 4, denied a rehearing and the Supreme Court denied a review of Robert Lars Pape, 33, and Cristin Conrad Smith, 32, who in 2018 were convicted and sentenced to life in prison in…
“A 4-year-old child from Western Riverside County recently died after contracting COVID-19, becoming the youngest person in the county to die from the virus since the pandemic started,” according to Riverside University Health System.“The death took place during the first week of August, but health officials reported the cause of death [last] week after receiving…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Board of Commissioners discussed the new ambulance, the siren and possibly more sirens, and heard a tribute to Bill Baker at its Tuesday, Aug. 24, meeting.President Henry Sawicki and his wife Karen went off the Hill recently to bring back the new ambulance. Chief Mark LaMont was grateful as he…
Riverside County’s Operation Rivco Shield will be holding a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Idyllwild on from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Idyllwild School.Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccinations will be available. The Pfizer vaccine is offered for all individuals ages 12 and older. The Moderna vaccine is offered for all individuals…
Though it did not come close to Hill communities, a fire reported at 2:17 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, showed potential to run up the mountain and did cause the California Highway Patrol to close Highway 243 from Twin Pines Road to the KOA Campground in Banning.Banning High School and the KOA Campground were evacuated as…
Riverside County Registrar of Voters Temporary Assistant Robert Hamzey said a team is at the Idyllwild Library from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday to accept early Gubernatorial Recall Election ballots in the upcoming election.A team also will be at the library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday to Monday, Sept. 11…
Last Tuesday, the four sitting Fern Valley Water District directors interviewed two candidates for Jim Gates’ vacated position in separate interviews through Zoom.Both candidates received thorough questioning from the directors, and both responded confidently and impressed all four directors.Ultimately, the board chose Jon Brown, a mostly local resident and former civil engineer, as he works…
A new trenchless boring machine, short-term rentals’ water usage, and future water demand vs. water supply were big topics at the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors meeting Friday, Aug. 20.General Manager Victor Jimenez talked about the new pneumatic boring machine that drills a hole to provide connections under a street without having to…
