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…
A one-vehicle traffic crash resulted in the death of a Mountain Center man Monday evening about a half-mile east of Keen Camp Road on Highway 74. California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Murawski said the man was driving a Toyota Tacoma westbound near the speed limit when he drifted off the highway and hit a tree…
Michael David Austin, 45, of Idyllwild was arrested on Dec. 18 for violation of his parole. On Dec. 29, he admitted the violation and Judge Judith Fouladi sentenced Austin to Riverside County jail for 135 days. The violation was Austin’s failure to report to a Salvation Army drug or alcohol treatment program, according to his…
