The potential danger of the coming fire season, exacerbated by the number of dead and dying pines, was the main topic at the June 10 Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting. “Everyone can see what’s going on with the trees,” said Cal Fire Unit Forester Gregg Bratcher. “Garner Valley has been hit very hard.” The current…
On Tuesday, June 16, Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington asked his board colleagues to approve the use of Community Improvement funds for several Idyllwild agencies. The Idyllwild HELP Center is the beneficiary of $3,500. Washington’s memo said the funds would be used for the Summer Safety Net Program, which provides summer utility assistance…
Monitoring of underground leakage of petroleum products is continuing near and around the Chevron Station in Idyllwild. RM Environmental Inc. of Calimesa continues to monitor the site semi-annually for the presence of various hydrocarbons. The latest results, reported last month, detected total petroleum hydrocarbons, including methyl-tertiary-butyl ether, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes on the site…
The proposed 2015-16 budget, along with the Local Control Accountability Plan, were presented at the Hemet Unified School District board meeting Tuesday, June 2. The proposed budget for next fiscal year (beginning July 1) is about $22 million more than the current-year budget. Total projected expenditures will be about $226.7 million compared to $204.8 million…
“Water consumption is down. People here are environmentally sensitive,” General Manager Tom Lynch last week told John Cook and Warren Monroe, the directors who serve as members of the Rules and Regulations Committee of the Idyllwild Water District. However, as water consumption declines, so do the district’s revenues, lamented the directors and particularly Chief Finance…
Fuel abatement in historical burn areas is an ongoing responsibility of firefighting management and crews. Wednesday, June 3, Cal Fire and Riverside County Fire personnel thinned vegetation on 4.4 miles of the Poppet Flat Truck Trail. Part of ongoing projects throughout the county to thin fire fuel and create shaded fuelbreaks, the work is…
On Sunday, a brush fire in Garner Valley was reported about 1:45 p.m. The U.S. Forest Service, along with units from Cal Fire, Riverside County and the Idyllwild Fire Department, responded and the Ranch Fire was contained shortly after 4 p.m. The fire was located near Fobes Ranch Road and the burn was limited to…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for the past week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls, Sunday to Saturday, May 24 to 30. Idyllwild • May 31 — Noise complaint, 52000 block of Double View Dr. Handled by deputy. • June 1…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for the past week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls, Sunday to Saturday, June 7 to 13. Idyllwild • June 7 — Alarm call, Glen Rd. Handled by deputy. • June 7 — Glen Rd. Handled…
Jayden Emerson ran, won and set course records in both the 5K and 10K races Saturday. His 15:51 easily beat Jeff Ambrose’s 2005 time of 16:28. He finished the 10K run in 35:19, which set the course record. Nick Hamlin’s time of 36:54 was the 10K record since 2005 …
