San Bernardino National Forest fire crews and aircraft held and extinguished a half-acre vegetation fire in the San Jacinto Wilderness Sunday and Monday, according to Public Information Officer Bob Poole. A hiker reported seeing white smoke rapidly building in the Tahquitz Valley area late morning Sunday. In the meantime, a wilderness team was extinguishing an…
In September, a Riverside County grand jury notified the Idyllwild Fire Protection District and its Finance Committee that it found the IFPD responses to the June grand jury report were “not in compliance” with the penal code section specifying how to respond to grand jury findings and recommendations. The jury’s Sept. 23 follow-up letter asked…
1:58 p.m. update: Helicopter 301 and crew have been released from the Tahquitz Fire. All except one crew should be released by end of day, according to a forest official. The one crew will remain overnight in case of a flare-up. 1:08 p..m. update: Crew members in the wilderness reported the Tahquitz Fire is at…
Bryan and Brandy Asch are celebrating REPS Training Mountain Center’s first anniversary on Oct. 15. Windean Dahleen’s Idyology restaurant opens at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, in the former Creek House location in Fern Valley. The comfort cuisine with a global flair is served until 11 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday, with the bar open…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Sept. 30, through Monday, Oct. 6. Idyllwild • Sept. 30 — Three medical aids. • Oct. 2 — False alarm. • Oct. 3 — Malicious, mischievous false call. • Oct. 3 — Three medical aids. • Oct. 4 — Four medical aids….
While the motions between the District Attorney’s office and Robert Pape’s attorney became more heated, the contention between the prosecutor and defense ultimately became moot when the DA’s office dismissed its charges against Pape for the 2006 triple homicides in Pinyon. Whether Riverside County DA Paul Zellerbach would have to appear as witness to be…
If you’re on the corner of North Circle and Cedar at 9:15 on a Sunday morning, you’re in for an experience. The bell of the Idyllwild Community Presbyterian Church demands the attention of all. It peals in 12 bongs, so cleanly and so loudly you’ll think it must be an electronic bell with a huge…
Negotiations about Idyllwild’s emergency radio station, WNKI, between the Mile High Radio Club and the Idyllwild Fire Department have reached an impasse, according to MHRC President Bill Tell. Since Bob McCullough retired as WNKI’s manager in the fall of 2012, the position has been vacant, although volunteers have kept it functioning. But MHRC offered to…
