Idyllwild Water District directors met with the consultant conducting the district’s rate study at a special meeting Feb. 14. Kim Boehler, associate director at NBS, described the proposed plan and steps they will take in order to present a draft report in the spring or early summer. The three major steps will be a financial…
Editor’s note: Each year, the Town Crier reports the information below for the three local water districts — Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove — and the Idyllwild Fire Protection. The FVWD information appeared in the Feb. 1 issue, the IWD information was in the Feb. 8 issue and the PCWD information was published in…
The U.S. Forest Service will continue to conduct pile burns this week along the Pine Cove Fuel Break. The Forest Service has an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 piles to burn in the Pine Cove area. The burn area is about 230 acres and is one of the larger projects in the San Bernardino National Forest…
Riverside County Fire Department/Cal Fire received a report of an injured adult hiker at 4:26 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The female hiker suffered an injury to a lower extremity. Seven personnel responded. No further information was available.
At 6:10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Jesus Llanes, 24, of Chula Vista, overturned his vehicle after making an unsafe turn as he was going north on Highway 243, south of Twin Pines Road, according to the California Highway Patrol report. Llanes was driving a gray 2013 Hyundai, which was towed by Idyllwild Garage. No one…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Feb. 4 to 10. Idyllwild • Feb. 4 — Assist other department, 12:10 p.m., 25000 block of Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy. • Feb. 5 — Public disturbance, 12:11 p.m., address undefined. Handled by deputy. • Feb. 5…
The U.S. Forest Service started a pile burn Tuesday, Feb. 13, along the Pine Cove Fuel Break. On Monday, the Forest Service completed a burn near the Vista Grande Fire Station on Highway 243, about mid-way between Banning and Idyllwild. At Vista Grande, the Forest Service burned three piles of slash. However, at Pine Cove,…
Another member ups Membership By Becky & Jack Clark Co-publishers Once, again, it has happened that, after establishing a Membership at one level, a reader has upped their Membership to a higher level. To us, this means that readers are continuing to consider how important a newspaper is to them and to our Hill. Very…
Grinding Station clarifies tree-size policy It is still winter — the middle of February. Few minds have begun to think or worry about the Gold spotted oakborer. But Riverside County Fire Division Chief Gregg Bratcher, the Hill forester, knows the GSOB is still present on the Hill and a danger. If you have an oak…
