The Riverside County Waste Management Department has scheduled a free household hazardous waste collection event on Saturday, May 18 in Idyllwild at the County Road Yard, starting at 9 a.m. through 2 p.m. The Yard is located at 25780 Johnson Road. The collection is open to all Riverside County residents. The Riverside County Waste Management…
Some Idyllwild businesses last many years. Many last only a few. Closing after three years is Dr. Linsey Olivier’s Idyllwild Eye Care, the Hill’s only full service optometry facility. Olivier performed eye exams, stocked custom frames and had glasses made to order for Idyllwild clients from her prescriptions. All frames are currently 50 percent off….
Arturo Delgado has been selected as the new district ranger for the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino National Forest and begins his new assignment Sunday, May 19. He is currently the forest biologist for the Angeles National Forest in Arcadia, Calif. “We are delighted to welcome Arturo to the San Jacinto Ranger…
At its May 8 meeting, the Pine Cove Water District board of directors began reviewing the proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-2014 that begins July 1. Revenue estimates of $760,000 are the same as this year (2012-13); but expenses increase $65,000 for a total of $825,000. Differences would be made up from a combination of…
Dr. Dick Goldberg, medical director of Mountain Disaster Preparedness, has long sought to establish a support and training relationship with the American Red Cross — a relationship that acknowledges the Hill would likely be cut off for an extended period if a major earthquake strikes. Key to those plans would be training of locals to…
Efforts to re-establish the native population of Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs will resume in 2013. The initial project will be relocating several hundred frogs — sub-adults — in the James Reserve later this spring, according to Adam R. Backlin, ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center in Irvine. “The last couple of years…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, May 6 to 12, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance May 7 — Medical aid, South Circle Drive, Idyllwild. May 7 — Walk-in medical aid. May 8 — Medical aid, Marion Ridge, Pine Cove. May 9 — Medical aid, Pinecrest Avenue, Idyllwild….
According to CHP Officer Chris Blondon, Friday afternoon about 5 p.m., Timothy Jay Lund, 19, of Hemet was traveling southbound on Highway 243 near Mile Marker 0.25 when he lost control flipping his Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL, landing on it’s roof tossing beer cans and other debris onto the highway. Three passengers were also in the vehicle. The 17-year-old female was transported to a nearby hospital complaining of neck pain.
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David Jerome, secretary of the moribund Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce, called a meeting of the general membership on Monday, May 13, to begin the process of disposing of Chamber assets. The Chamber no longer has a board of directors authorized to act on behalf of the membership. With the same indifference that characterized an April…
