The past week offered a panoply of weather — rain, lightning, thunder, sunshine and wind. Residents encountered this variety of celestial entertainment and then the shock of no electricity for more than 24 hours. As the weekend’s sky violence passed, the fabled Santa Ana winds began arriving Monday. The bursts were forecast and Southern California…
The Idyllwild Forest Health Project team organized an evening of speakers Wednesday night at Idyllwild Arts to discuss the recent Cranston Fire and wildfires on the Hill in general. Joining the featured speaker, noted fire ecologist Dr. Richard Minnich of the University of California, Riverside, were Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz, U.S. Forest Service Forester…
The Cranston Fire has cost several Riverside County departments close to $1 million, according to figures released this week to the Town Crier by the Emergency Management Department. “The current costs of $813,000 are approximate as the county is still in the recovery process and some departments may continue to accrue costs,” EMD Senior Public…
As of 3 p.m., most of the power has been restored to the Hill. Not all circuits have been re-energized, according to Media Advisor Mary Ann Milbourn.They are moving cautiously and expect complete restoration between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Edison media staff assured inquirers that this was not a planned power shutoff due to…
As of Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at 1:56 p.m. Jerry Hagen, District 3 coordinator of the Riverside County Emergency Management Department, states that Edison has located and repaired the cause of the power outage and estimates that power will be restored to the Idyllwild-Pine Cove-Mountain Center area no later than early this evening, Monday. Edison…
RivCoReady public safety officials monitoring the Cranston burn areas are expecting that, based on National Weather Service reports, “it does not appear that rainfall will be sufficient to cause debris flows.” Officials will continue to monitor weather impacts.
Charter Members are still renewing on schedule in this, the second year of the Town Crier’s Membership model. Again, this is critically important to the main objective of the Membership model, which is to establish for prospective new owners that TC readers are serious about keeping a real newspaper for our Hill community. We still…
The U.S. Forest Service is requesting comments by Nov. 5 on its proposal to create or to maintain defensible space abatement around many of its administrative sites in the San Jacinto Ranger District. Administrative sties can include recreation cabins, communication sites, fire lookout towers, developed camp sites, day use areas, fire stations, trailheads, travel routes,…
The United States Postal Service will hold a passport fair at the North Palm Springs Post Office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14. The fair is for first-time passport applicants. No appointments are necessary. Customers have the option of applying for a passport book (good for all international travel) or a passport…
On Tuesday, Oct. 23, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the Planning Commission’s recommendation to amend Ordinance 348 to regulate cannabis activities within the unincorporated areas of Riverside County, including the Hill. The notice of the Hearing states the project case file may be viewed from, Monday through Friday,…
