After more than 20 years with Fern Valley Water District, of which he was general manager for 18 years, Steve Erler is floating off into the sunset. Erler finishes his FVWD career on Thursday, June 30 and begins retirement Friday, July 1. Not a rambling or garrulous speaker, Erler simply described his career in these…
Local resident and attorney Mary Lehman has a busy life and career. But it is not too busy for her to lend her skills as a volunteer emergency medical technician to the escalating refugee crisis in Europe. Last November, Lehman went to the Greek island of Lesbos, just off the Turkish coast. She had read…
Editor’s note: Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff met with the editorial and reporting staff of the Idyllwild Town Crier last week. Sheriff Stan Sniff acknowledged the crime rate has been creeping up throughout Riverside County. This is the principal reason he wants to protect his department’s funding and has urged the Board of Supervisors to…
At about 2 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, three masked and as-yet-unidentified persons broke into the Idyllwild Garage lot and stole a vehicle. They broke into the lot by cutting the lock on the gate. Surveillance video showed the individuals checking cars in the lot before selecting a 2006 silver Ford Escape with California plates. Keys…
Although not entered as an official report, CHP recounted an incident with a Sysco truck on Highway 74 just east of the intersection with Highway 243 on Monday, June 6, at 4:45 p.m. The truck, with a full load, was reportedly going too fast on a curve, went off the roadway and hit a fence….
The San Jacinto City Council approved the draft Joint Powers Agreement with the Idyllwild Fire Protection District at its June 7 meeting. The council also directed its staff to continue to negotiate an extension of its contract with the Riverside County Fire Department. The council wants to see if the county will lower its cost…
The board of the Friends of the San Jacinto Mountain County Parks seeks to raise member dues in order to help finance program expansion at the Nature Center. To do so, it must change a provision in its existing Articles of Incorporation that requires any bylaw modification for dues and assessments be approved by “the…
Editor’s note: The Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office says there are about 128,000 votes to count. As of 3:20 a.m. June 8, 250,000 votes have been counted. The countywide turnout is approximately 27 percent. The results for individual precincts are not available yet. Statewide elections According to the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has…
With minimal discussion Tuesday morning, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission unanimously adopted the proposed agreement with San Jacinto city to form a joint powers authority. The agreement between the two agencies will create an agency to serve as the San Jacinto Fire Department. The draft agreement specifies that the city will be responsible for…
The city of San Jacinto placed the proposed Joint Powers Agreement with the Idyllwild Fire Protection District on its June 7 agenda. City Manager Tim Hults, in a memorandum to the council, said they had two basic options. The first was to continue to contract with Riverside County for fire and emergency services. This might…
