Open government laws continue to be a challenge for the Idyllwild Fire Protection Fire District. For months, the commission denied it violated the Brown Act and recently misinterpreted both the California Public Records Act and its own Policy 5080, Public Records Act Policy. Although Commissioner Nancy Layton concurred at a public meeting last week that…
Students at Idyllwild School were introduced to special meals from California grown foods last week. Hemet Unified School District, in cooperation with the nonprofit Center for Ecoliteracy, is serving fresh lunches to district students. HUSD has plans to operate the California Thursdays through the remainder of the 2014-15 school year. “We are actually offering California…
At his felony settlement conference, Friday, Oct. 17, Matthew Subish, 41, of Idyllwild, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for possessing a firearm or ammunition. Subish’s previous felony convictions are the reason he is prohibited from possessing a firearm, according to state law. His sentence for this misdemeanor includes three years of probation and 45…
On Wednesday, Oct. 15, the Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an agreement to litigation CBD had filed for protection of Southern California’s mountain yellow-legged frogs. The Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to prepare a recovery plan for the endangered frogs by December 2018. Recovery plans are a…
On Wednesday, Oct. 22, the California Department of Public Health established an Ebola hotline call center to respond to public inquiries related to Ebola. The hotline, 855-421-5921 will be in operation from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. In press release announcing the hotline, Dr. Ron Chapman, CDPH director and state health officer…
Early voting for the Nov. 4 General Election will be available at four locations in Riverside County. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24 through Sunday, Oct 26, voters may cast their ballots at the Galleria at Tyler in Riverside on the first floor in front of Forever 21, the Westfield Palm…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Oct. 14, through Monday, Oct. 20. Idyllwild • Oct. 15 — Two medical aids. • Oct. 18 — Water problem. • Oct. 19 — Three medical aids. • Oct. 20 — Three medical aids. Mountain Center • Oct. 19 — Traffic…
Greater Idyllwild residents can vote in the Hemet Unified School District Trustee Area 2 election even though the winner will not represent them, unless they have children attending schools in Trustee Area 2. Running in Trustee Area 2, which covers schools in Aguanga, Pinyon and the Garner and Anza valleys, are former teacher and current…
The Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors approved three grant applications at its Wednesday, Oct. 15, meeting. The $2 million request for a recycled water project is the greatest. The other two grant requests were for a total of $150,000 for security fencing and well rehabilitation. The application for the recycling project has been revised…
