The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Finance Committee decided to recommend a tax measure for the commission to review and approve. The committee agreed that increasing the current unit fee from $65 to $156, a 140 percent increase is necessary. It also will propose language to ensure the fee increases annually based on a local economic…
Mary Morse, Idyllwild’s Spirit Mountain Retreat executive director and Hemet’s Human Relations Council president, is the 2016 Civil Rights Champion for Justice, an annual honor bestowed by the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County Inc. Morse has been a dedicated pioneer for social justice in the Hemet Valley for many years, as president of the…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 10 to 16. Idyllwild • April 12 — Assist invalid. • April 13 — Heat detector activation due to malfunction. • April 14 — Two medical aids. • April 15 — Medical aid. • April 16 — Medical aid. •…
In a brief meeting last Friday, the Fern Valley Water District board reviewed its fiscal 2015-16 budget and greeted Victor Jimenez, who will assume the general manager’s position at the end of June. Operating expenses continue to be less than revenues collected. In the final quarter of the fiscal year, Jessica Priefer, office manager, said…
On Wednesday, April 13, Vicki Jakubac was selected as the new Pine Cove Water District director, replacing Tim Lange who resigned in March. From among four applicants, the board unanimously chose Jakubac. She has lived in Pine Cove for more than 20 years, raised two children and is a former PCWD employee. She left the…
Pine Cove Water District General Manager Jerry Holldber plans to provide a detailed report on the district’s water resources — well levels and possible future changes — at the June meeting. “I’ll have a better status of the well recovery rates then. Right now they are producing good,” Holldber stated and advised his board last…
Riverside County Code Enforcement has issued an advisory notice to Idyllwild Property Management for two storage containers that have been placed in a lot at Fern Valley Corners in apparent violation of county code. Mary Ortiz, Riverside County CE supervising officer, stressed the investigation is ongoing and that due process must play out, but that…
The California Highway Patrol Banning Pass station reported only one incident on Hill roads over the last week and this one had an “Only in Idyllwild” flavor to it. CHP Public Information Officer Darren Meyer reported a hit-and-run — more properly, an overturn-and-run, that happened at 10:52 a.m. Monday, April 18. An unidentified male was…
In the early morning of April 20, an earthquake, magnitude 2.9, occurred about 2 to 3 miles west of Little Thomas Mountain and the same distance south of Baldy Mountain. The quake was at about 4:40 PDT. During the next 12 minutes, another four minor quakes were recorded. Their magnitudes ranged from .3 to 1.7….
