Calderones buy Rustic Theatre business
Shane Stewart retains building ownership …
Shane Stewart retains building ownership …
As you head toward Banning on Highway 243 it’s easy to miss Twin Pines Road on your right as you speed off the mountain. If you venture down that road, you’ll pass acres of charred manzanita and live oaks that testify to the awesome devastation, which the Esperanza Fire created here in 2006.
For those busy parents and others in the community, the Hemet Unified School District issued the following announcement yesterday. Hemet Unified School District offices and schools will be closed Feb. 18 to 22 for the President’s week break. Normal office and school hours will resume on Monday, Feb. 25.
Sparks spewing from a chimney in Royal Pines prompted a call to 911 around 7:15p.m. Wednesday night. Idyllwild Fire responded to the scene and quickly located the issue. No injuries were reported and the scene was cleared within about a half hour.
Idyllwild’s Saturday postal service will remain unaffected despite last week’s U.S. Postal Service announcement of plans to discontinue Saturday mail delivery beginning Saturday, Aug. 5, 2013. Mail will still be placed in Hill post office boxes on Saturday, said Idyllwild Postmaster Kelly Gates. As with the rest of the country, package delivery will also still…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Feb. 4 to 11, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Feb. 6 — Medical aid, Marion View Drive, Idyllwild. Feb. 6 — Medical aid, Tollgate Road, Idyllwild. Feb. 6 — Walk-in medical aid. Feb. 7 — Traffic collision, Highway 243 at Lake…
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council conducted fuel abatement in Twin Pines last week. Pino Tree Service did the clearing, including removal of large piles of brush, on the steep mountain side below the dome house foundation. This was the site deaths of the Forest Service firefighters during the Esperanza Fire in 2006.
The Idyllwild Warming Center, located at and operated by American Legion Post 800, is available this winter, as it has been for the past two years. Located at 54360 Marian View Drive, the center opens, based on an existing activation protocol, when particular weather conditions occur. Those conditions are when an electrical outage affecting multiple…
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Monday, Feb. 18, to observe President’s Day: Area post offices BBVA Bank Fern Valley Water District Hemet Unified School District (Closed Feb. 18-22.) Idyllwild Library Idyllwild Water District Pine Cove Water District Riverside County offices U.S. Forest Service These will be open: Fern Creek Medical Center Idyllwild…
The nascent Idyllwild Fire Auxiliary held its second meeting and selected temporary officers. Charles Wix agreed to serve as president. The other officers are Christina Edwards, vice president, Rick Foster, secretary, and Nancy Layton is the treasurer. The group devoted time to reviewing a draft of the articles of incorporation and discussing possible Auxiliary projects….