In a sparsely attended meeting, the Mountain Area Safety Taskforce focused on the arrival of the Goldspotted oak borer on the Hill. The discussion addressed future actions, such as a census and mapping of the most vulnerable oak trees as well as potential protective actions and procedures for destroying infected trees. Riverside County Fire Department…
Directors of the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce are considering liquidating a Chamber asset, Harmony, the town monument, to pay for legal fees and costs incurred to defend the Chamber board. Directors say the lawsuits are baseless and grudge-motivated. In August, monument creator David Roy filed a lawsuit claiming unpaid fees. He subsequently refiled a nearly…
Here’s the latest weather forecast for the Southern California mountains, including Idyllwild and the Hill. URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, SAN DIEGO CA 9:08 AM PST TUE FEB 19 2013 …WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY… …Heavy snowfall in the mountains tonight through early Wednesday…
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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.
