Beginning this fall, the Hemet Unified School District will add a new feature for the benefit of students’ families and parents. The Parent Resource Center will open and offer various types of help, such as classes for parents, nutrition education and student support. An open house for the PRC is from 9 a.m. to 7…
Activities planned throughout county and Idyllwild For those of you caught in the news of the Palmer Fire near Beaumont or the La Tuna Fire in the Verdugo Hills of Los Angeles or those who prefer rain, Hurricane Harvey or the impending Irma, Gov. Jerry Brown joined with the Federal Emergency Management Agency in…
On a busy Labor Day weekend, there were three crashes on Hill roads. Officer Edward Nunez, California Highway Patrol Pass Station, read reports of the officers who responded to the incidents. At 3:38 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, Angel Jimenez, 30, of Indio, was driving his white 2003 Ford Expedition eastbound on Highway 74, ½ mile…
Rouse Fire contained next day The Rouse Fire, which started about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, near the U.S. Forest Service’s Cranston Ranger Station, was contained the next evening. The fire’s size was estimated to be about 14 acres, according to Lee Beyer, the USFS incident contact. The fire started on the north side of…
At 2:12 p.m. Wednesday, Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters responded to reports of an injured hiker at Humber Park. Firefighters hiked in to the location and found one male victim, Jonathan Zuniga, 24, of Oceanside, who perished at the scene. The Sheriff’s Department press release states that the results of their investigation indicate the deceased hiker…
About 20 people took time from the busy Labor Day weekend to attend a not-widely announced public session with Capt. Leonard Purvis of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Hemet Station, who came to Idyllwild Saturday morning, Sept. 2, to discuss the local crime conditions. He first visited with the Pine Cove Property Owners Association and…
At the Aug. 29 board of supervisors meeting, the future regulation of the legal cannabis commerce within Riverside County was begun. However, as Supervisor Kevin Jeffries (1st District) emphasized, the future legalization of cannabis marketing will be totally dependent upon the approval of a tax measure on the November 2018 ballot. The board, in a…
For local citizen scientists, Saturday, Sept. 9, is an opportunity to participate in regional wildlife study. The San Diego Natural History Museum is asking local residents to help in efforts to identify whether the Southern California flying squirrel still resides in the San Jacinto Mountains. While several members of the species were captured on cameras…
Pine Cove voters continue to express their satisfaction with incumbents on the Water District’s board. All three — Board President Robert Hewitt, Lou Padula, and Joel Palmer — were easily re-elected to another four-year term. Challenger Jeffery Kleefisch finished with 60 votes (or 12.1 percent of the ballots cast) well behind the three incumbents who…
Several customers of the Idyllwild Water District have reported deceiving telephone calls allegedly originating from the IWD office. The caller ID is displayed at the IWD office number. When answered, the caller claims that they are with the Water District. The caller then instructs or asks the listener to use the their phone’s key pad…
