Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, April 8 to 15, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance April 8 — Medical aid, Eagles Nest, Pine Cove. April 9 — Medical aid, Highway 243. April 10 — False alarm, Pine Crest Avenue, Idyllwild. April 11 — Medical aid, Fairway Drive…
Above, a four-door black Mazda overturned on Highway 243 around 7:30 a.m. Monday, April 15. Lori Ferro confirmed the driver was a daughter Christina Rizk and that she was uninjured in the crash. Ferro said Rizk said the roads were wet and it was foggy at the time of the rollover.
On the way to the dump — or transfer station — local resident Pat Smith saw a truck parked on the side of the road not far from the entrance of the transfer station on Saunders Meadow Road. He spoke to the Transfer Station manager carrying trash and hazardous waste from the side of the road. Here are six gallons of unexplained chemicals dumped, along with electronics and batteries, all of which are considered hazmat items. “People are getting too lazy to go the extra 500 feet to the transfer station and dispose of trash there,” Smith wrote. “I just wish people would realize that we are all guardians of the forests.”
Robert Peek, State Park ranger, reported that park employees Eric Hanson and Diana Santiago, who had been dispatched to help locate two hikers lost on the Pacific Crest Trail near Wellman’s Divide, found the hikers and escorted them back to the Long Valley Ranger Station. The rescue occurred on Thursday, April 4. Rescuers were dispatched…
Idyllwild School has now opened its door for Kindergarten Fall Registration …
The local review board of the Idyllwild Downtown Historic District met to begin the process of adopting design guidelines, governing documents and application forms to be used for altering historic structures. During the review process, Monroe, board chair, pointed out while reviewing the draft of the district’s design guidelines, that the district has had a…
On April 1, Capt. Mike Mulhall retired from the Idyllwild Fire Protection District. He had served 28 years …
By any measure it was joyous …
Pine Cove resident Mark Dean finished the Boston Marathon well before two bombs exploded near the race finish line. Nevertheless, Dean’s months of training, the race he ran in Boston and his satisfaction in the stamina and endurance it took to finish will forever be shadowed by the devastating tragedy at the finish line. Dean…
The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce now has only one director, David Jerome, out of an authorized 11. Directors Gary Taylor, Peter Buhl, Mike Lackey and Chris Titus have resigned. Directors cited threats of future lawsuits and the expense and emotional trauma of defending two successive lawsuits from David Roy as reasons for their resignations. Boards…
