Three years after its last-minute filing of the United State’s lawsuit against Mountain Center property owner, Dr. Tarek M.A. Al-Shawaf, and his employees seeking some $24 million in costs of fire suppression and damage to federal forest lands, the Department of Justice (DOJ), United States Attorney’s Office has filed to dismiss the case. The Idyllwild…
About 5:15 p.m., the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) responded to call about a fire near the Pacific Crest Trial. The .46 acre fire, Pacific Fire, was controlled by 7 p.m. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department also responded to the call. “U.S. Forest Service firefighters this evening responded to a half-acre fire at…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) has scheduled a special meeting for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10. The closed session board meeting is an employee performance evaluation of Chief Financial Officer Hosny Shouman. The next regular IWD board meeting will be at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17. Board meetings are held in the IWD…
The Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) Board of Directors held a special meeting Tuesday, July 2. The board quickly reviewed and re-approved ordinance 9, which was originally adopted in May 2017. Ordinance 9 is the district’s rules and regulations for setting water policies that replaced Ordinance 4, originally adopted March 16, 1957. The major difference…
Idyllwild Fire Here are some of the calls Idyllwild Fire Department responded to recently. • July 1 — Walk-in medical aid, 3:50 a.m. • July 1 — Medical aid, 8:28 p.m. Fern Valley Rd. • July 1 — Medical aid, 9:09 p.m. Marian Ridge Dr. • July 2 — Medical Aid, 3:01 a.m. Fern Valley…
There were two vehicle crashes on hill roads over the last week, California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer reports. At 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2, Margaret Moore, 68, from Cathedral City, was driving a silver 2012 Lexus eastbound on Highway 74 with black 2016 Dodge Challenger approaching from behind. The driver of…
Contact your local ranger station for permits, maps and weather. Plan ahead. Tell someone where you are going and when you will return Stay together in your group, so people do not get lost. If you get lost, stay put and do not wander (Hug-A-Tree). Use your whistle and signal mirror. Stay on the trail…
After a year in which two natural disasters — fire and floods — have threatened the hill and disrupted living patterns, the Fourth of July and the evening of July 5 raised concerns of a third disaster, earthquakes. While Idyllwild only experienced the tremors from two distance quakes to the north, Ridgecrest — near the…
The estimated 90-foot tall Sequoia tree at Community Presbyterian Church on the northeast corner of North Circle Drive and Cedar Street came down Tuesday. The tree had been dying for quite some time, and Southern California Edison retained Pino Tree Service of Idyllwild to bring it down. According to Mike Zambrana of Pino, the base of…
July 11 is a big day for Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) events and recreation. The day will mark the much-anticipated re-opening of the playground and the first summer concert of 2019 at the new Butterfield Ampitheater. Plenty of parking will be available for ICC events, according to Janice Lyle, ICC board president. On the…
