Vic Scavarda just completed a year as president of the Hemet Unified School District Board of Trustees. He spent more than 30 years teaching, mostly at Idyllwild School. The following is an interview with him about his experience as board president. “I was impressed with how good we have it up here,” he said in…
The 2017 Community Wildfire Protection Plan was unanimously approved 4-0 by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Dec. 12. Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington was absent due to illness. The plan is a revision of the original 2006 plan. Both Norm Walker, president of the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, and Edwina Scott, executive…
At the Idyllwild Water District’s workshop and study session Dec. 6, directors listened to Interim General Manager Jack Hoagland describe the current water and wastewater systems, discuss future capital projects and explain issues affecting revenue. Following this presentation, directors Peter Szabadi, board vice president, Catherine Dearing and Steve Kunkle discussed the long-term needs for the…
TC business ads are focused, highly visible and enduring The Idyllwild Master Chorale has joined our other nonprofit and public agency members, which now are: Fern Valley Water District; Friends of San Jacinto Mountain County Parks; Hemet Public Library; Idyllwild Animal Rescue Friends; Idyllwild Master Chorale; and St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church. The Town Crier also…
The power outage last week had no exemptions. But Idyllwild School, as several local businesses, did have an emergency generator onsite to help. The outage occurred about 11:45 a.m., and the school day ends about 2:45 p.m. for grades one to five, and 10 minutes later for the middle school. Principal Matt Kraemer and his…
While Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang did not issue a final ruling on the litigation between the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and Cal Fire regarding the legality of the state fire protection fee, the tentative ruling at the Dec. 8 hearing supported the state’s argument that HJTA took too long moving the case forward. “CALFIRE’s motion…
Last year, the California Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of its client, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire, filed a lawsuit in state court against Dr. Tarek M. Shawaf, and his employees, seeking millions of dollars in damages owing to the 2013 Mountain Fire, which began on his Mountain…
By about 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, all electrical power had been restored to Hill communities. Just before noon Thursday, Dec. 7, Southern California Edison had shut power off from Anza to Twin Pines. “This is extraordinary action which we don’t take lightly,” said SCE Media Relations Manager Mary Ann Milbourn. “We turned off the…
A little before noon on Tuesday morning, a large branch hit the home at 54575 Memory Lane off of Saunders Meadow. No one was in the residence when it occurred. There were no injuries, but power and cable lines were also taken out by the tree. Photos by Jenny Kirchner
Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz alerted the Town Crier that SCE has planned to shut power down to the Hill for an indefinite period because of the numerous downed trees.
