Hydrant service to be extended The County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee met for the first time in nearly a year. At this point in 2018, the committee was formulating its fiscal year 2018-19 budget. Last week, the committee discussed the status of that budget and began preliminary deliberations over the FY 2019-20…
Cool and wet, yesterday, today and tomorrow Cool, if not cold for May, and wet describes the Hill’s weather for most of May and probably through the end of the month. For the first three weeks of May, the average daytime temperature recorded at the Idyllwild Fire Station has been 52.2 degrees, which is nearly…
Pam Allen’s May 16 trial readiness conference was rescheduled for July 18. In April 2017, Allen, 66, of Pine Cove, was charged with three felonies for the March 31 collision with Julia Romero, 18, also of Idyllwild, on Highway 243. Two of the charges were for driving under the influence and causing great bodily injury….
California Highway Patrol reported two collisions last week, each involving solo vehicles. At 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, Quiarra Zahque, 19, of Surprise, Arizona, was driving a blue 2002 Pontiac Aztek westbound on Highway 74, 1/4 mile west of May Valley Road, when she drove the vehicle off the right side of the dirt shoulder,…
Cal Fire/Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • May 15 — Medical aid, 12:32 p.m. Hwy. 74. • May 15 — Medical aid, 4:19 p.m. E. Hwy. 74, Lake Hemet Campground. • May 15 — Traffic collision, 10:32 p.m. Hwy. 74, MM 60. • May 17 —…
New office hours begin June 1; closed Fridays With only three of four directors at the May 17 meeting, the board of the Fern Valley Water District limited the number of decisions until Director Robert Krieger was available. The selection to replace Director George Rowell, who resigned in April, was deferred until a special meeting…
Board meeting later this month The Fern Valley Water District currently has a vacant board seat. Former Director George Rowell resigned in March. His full term ends December 2021. The district advertised the vacancy and requested indications of interest to be submitted by the Friday, May 17, board meeting. Fred Hamblin and James Gates, both…
Idyllwild businesses that rely heavily on tourism have suffered from first the Cranston Fire of July 2018 and now the Valentine’s Day flooding of this year, resulting in Highway 243 between Idyllwild and Banning, and Highway 74 between Mountain Center and Hemet, both being washed out. Because of the long-term expected repairs on both highways,…
Friday, May 17, was Bob Lewis’ last day as director of recreation programs for the Idyllwild Community Center. All current programs and private events will continue as scheduled. The ICC board will search for a new director. During the interim, Will Steichen, a consultant and Idyllwild resident, has been hired to manage recreation. He has…
At 2 p.m., May 18, the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for the Hill. This is true, and not a May Fool’s joke. The Advisory is from 5 a.m., Sunday, May 20 through 5 a.m., Monday, May 21. The NWS warns, “A late season storm will create periods of snowfall Sunday and…
