News of Record: April 24, 2014
Fire and Sheriff’s logs
Idyllwild News
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Water shortage, rate increase may come to Fern Valley
Fern Valley Water District will consider whether to declare a water emergency at its June meeting. “The staff has determined that a threatened water shortage exists,” General Manager Steve Erler told the board last week. Erler stressed that “… everything looks satisfactory and there has been no significant drop in well levels.” While water production…
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Returning veterans hike the PCT to ‘walk off the war’
The vets will tell their stories to the community this Saturday …
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Mark Dean finishes Boston Marathon
Mark Dean, of Pine Cove, ran the 118th Boston Marathon in 3 hours and 55 minutes and 31 seconds. His pace was under nine minutes per mile. He just finished his second Boston Marathon, 2013 was his first run. Meb Keflezighi, of the U. S., won the men’s race with a time of 2:08:37. Ten…
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Several earthquakes on and near the Hill
Several earthquakes occurred on the Hill and in nearby areas in recent days. All were less than 3.0-magnitude. The most recent and strongest was 2.9-magnitude quake at about 7:40 a.m. Monday, April 14. It was centered 7 miles south southwest of Idyllwild and 10 miles southeast of Valle Vista. This was the fifth quake in…
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Pine Cove Water District considers major equipment purchase
Buying or continuing to rent major equipment for future pipeline replacement and repair projects was a major topic during the Pine Cove Water District meeting last week. Laying new pipeline, which the district did last summer, or replacing pipeline with PCWD employees is less expensive than contracting the work, General Manager Jerry Holldber told the…
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County agencies receive $7 million
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the award of $253.6 million of grants for support of more than 800 local homeless housing and service programs in California. Riverside County received $7.1 million for local programs such as ABC Recovery Transitional Housing, Martha’s Village and Kitchen Transitional Housing, Shelter Plus Care Consolidated All…
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Delays may occur on Hwy 243 next week
CalTrans has announced that there will delays between Idyllwild and Mountain Center from Tuesday, April 22 through Friday, April 25. Flagging and slowing of traffic will occur between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Crews will be installing recessed markers on Highway 243 between its intersection with Hwy. 74 at Mountain Center and Marion Ridge Road…
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Baseball sign-ups extended until April 25
Town Hall coed youth baseball sign-ups have been extended through April 25, according to Bill Brown, Riverside County’s County Service Area administrator. The Town Hall advertisement in the April 10 issue of the Town Crier read, “Unfortunately, this season has been canceled due to lack of enough players …“ That decision has been reversed and…
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News of Record: April 17, 2014
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, April 8, to Monday, April 14. Idyllwild: • April 9 — False alarm. • April 10 — Three medical aids. • April 11 — Medical aid. • April 12 — Two medical aids. • April 13 — Three medical aids. Sheriff’s…