No change to summer hours The Fern Valley Water District board is considering hiring a third field employee, but rejected the general manager’s recommendation to resume the four-day, 10-hour work-day schedule for this summer. General Manager Victor Jimenez recommended the board approve adding a third field operator to the staff. The annual cost — salary…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, March 11 to 17. Idyllwild • March 11 — Public disturbance, 1:48 p.m., Strawberry Valley Dr. Handled by deputy. • March 11 — Suspicious vehicle, 6:03 p.m., Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy. • March 11 — Illegal…
Local water districts oppose it, too The possibility of the state Legislature imposing a tax on local water bills is looming. Throughout the state, local water districts and media are objecting to a tax on water — a critical human need. During meetings last week, the boards of the Fern Valley and Pine Cove water…
The directors of the Pine Cove Water District have scheduled a hearing for May 9 to listen to public comments about, to discuss and, possibly, to decide on a five-year rate increase. The bi monthly charge could grow about 33 percent and the cost per 1,000 gallons almost four times after five years.
Last week, middle-school and secondary-school students took time out of the classroom to express their support for gun legislation. The walkout was for 17 minutes, one for each of the student and faculty victims at the Parkland, Florida, shooting. The nationwide event did not pass by Idyllwild. Students at both the Idyllwild Arts Academy and…
Due to unsafe road conditions in the parking lot, vehicular traffic to Humber Park in Idyllwild has been temporarily closed.
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, March 4 to 10. Idyllwild • March 4 — Unknown trouble, 7:41 a.m., 25000 block of Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy. • March 4 — Alarm call, 9:59 a.m., North Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • March 4…
By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers Along with a Membership application, we received a short note from Peter Buerkle describing himself as “your longest continuous subscriber – 1946,” the year of the TC’s first issue. That would seem to make him quite young when he subscribed. But perhaps he is nearly a nonagenarian, and if…
This weekend, with the rain, was both tough and unfortunate for hikers in the local mountains and trails. Both the California State Parks and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department executed rescue missions. The first call for help was about 3 p.m. Saturday from four men near San Jacinto Peak. The Mt. San Jacinto State Parks…
The final bald eagle count of the 2017-18 season was Saturday, March 10. Despite inclement weather, the five observers at Lake Hemet spotted two adult nesting bald eagles. The other four counting sites recorded six adults, three juveniles and two chicks in the nest at Big Bear Lake. These chicks are nearly a month old…
