This season’s flu vaccine is 23 percent effective, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its effectiveness was reduced this year because between the time the components of the vaccine were determined and the fall when the vaccine was available the most prevalent influenza virus “drifted” or mutated. “This estimate is relatively low…
The current Fern Valley Water District board officers — President Robert Krieger, Vice President James Rees and Secretary Trisha Clark — were re-elected for a second one-year term at last Friday’s meeting. In other business, the board reviewed the mid-year financial report. General Manager Steve Erler reported that all expenses seemed on target since the…
Brendan Steele will be carrying a slew of new sticks when he opens his main 2015 PGA Tour at the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation in La Quinta this week. The native Idyllwilder will be pounding a TaylorMade driver for the first time, a model SLDR, and his 3-wood will be one…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, Jan. 13 to 19. Anza • Jan. 17 — Dispatched & canceled en route, 4:24 p.m. • Jan. 17 — Dispatched & canceled en route, 6:14 p.m. Idyllwild • Jan. 13-14 — No responses. • Jan. 15 — Medical…
On Tuesday, Jan. 13, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a new contract with American Medical Response for provision of ambulance and emergency medical services throughout the county, including portions of the Hill. Verne Lauritzen, chief of staff to former 3rd District Supervisor Jeff Stone, said the issue of service to Pine Cove and…
A woman lost in the wilderness Sunday made it to a house and called 911 while the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was responding. A call had gone out for a helicopter to help with the rescue but was not deployed, according to Capt. Ray Wood of the Hemet Sheriff’s Station. “We picked her up at…
A couple of deer feeding along Darryl Road this week …
An increase in water rates may be in the future for Pine Cove Water District customers. At the director’s meeting on Jan. 14, General Manager Jerry Holldber provided a preliminary report on the district’s future finances. Holldber was following up on several recommendations that Terry Shea, partner at Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott LLP, the…
Taxes and health insurance are merging this spring. As the current open enrollment period for Covered California ends Feb. 15, tax season has started, and whether one has health insurance will be asked on the 2014 tax return. The “shared responsibility payment” takes effect for 2014, and many who were uninsured will see an impact…
Chris Kramer, formerly the first vice president of the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, was chosen as its new president at the Jan. 13 meeting. Former President Michael Esnard told the board he and his wife planned to move in the spring and he would step down as president, but will remain on the board…
