The Pine Cove Water District board last week unanimously approved several resolutions and actions dealing with financial matters. Approved were the traditional $30 stand-by fee, the 2015-16 budget, a rebate program and authority to lease space at PCWD’s Rocky Point communications facility to American Medical Response. Each of these was approved unanimously. During the public…
Mike Esnard, Pine Cove Water District president, resigned effective the end of the June 10 board meeting. “… I hereby am submitting my resignation, as I am leaving Southern California,” he wrote in his letter, which explains why he did not file to run for re-election this August. Pine Cove residents interested in completing Esnard’s…
A two-vehicle collision on Tollgate Road, near the intersection with Lake Lane, sent two people to off-Hill hospitals and blocked the well-trafficked street for several hours. A preliminary report from California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer said the collision occurred at 8:36 a.m. Friday, June 12, and involved a gray Yukon and a…
A previously reported head-on fatal collision in Anza has now been reclassified as “attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon” by the California Highway Patrol and is under further investigation. The Monday, June 8, incident involved two men from Anza, William Gibson, 56, and Steven Rusing, 51. According to the initial CHP report, Gibson…
The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources will host a free backyard composting workshop in Idyllwild on Saturday June 20. The free “how-to” backyard composting workshop begins at 10 a.m. at the Idyllwild Town Hall, 25925 Cedar St., Idyllwild. Attend this “how-to” workshop to learn how to recycle organic resources such as yard trimmings, fruit…
As the Town Crier earlier reported, CBS shot a video a few weeks back with PGA Tour golfer Brendan Steele showing off his Idyllwild hometown. Footage shot by CBS was used on Sunday, June 7, in the nationally televised show “Coming Home,” which featured Brendan and a few other PGA Tour professionals in their hometown…
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…
