Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, Nov. 26 to Dec. 2, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Nov. 27 — Malfunctioning smoke detector, Temecula Drive, Idyllwild. Nov. 29 — Medical aid, Double View Drive, Idyllwild. Nov. 29 — Walk-in medical aid. Dec. 1 — Medical aid, North Circle…
The recent rainfall did little to mitigate the sparse rainfall since July 1. Through Monday, the Keenwild Ranger Station recorded slightly more than half an inch of rain from Thursday through Sunday night. The total rain recorded at Keenwild this rain year has been 3.5 inches, more than 2.3 inches shy of the average Idyllwild…
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is leading the legal opposition to the state’s Fire Prevention Fee. The State Board of Equalization has begun replying to the fee’s challenges. In response to one local resident’s challenge and claim for refund the Board wrote, “the [Board of Equalization] will hold in abeyance any collection activity on this…
At last week’s Board of Supervisors’ meeting, the county Registrar of Voters reported the precinct results from the Nov. 6 election. Hill voters were generally of a similar mind as voters throughout the local districts and the county. However, there were a few noticeable differences and the most striking was the local turnout. Hill precincts…
Ninety thousand dead oaks, killed off since the Goldspotted oak borer was discovered in 2004 in San Diego County, is no small problem …
Reacting to numerous local residents and property owners who confuse the state with the local fire jurisdiction, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission approved a resolution opposing the 17-month-old state fire prevention fee. Enacted in July 2011, collection of the $150 fee (only $115 if the property is within a local fire district such as…
Jay Johnson and son Jason met with county representatives to begin the transfer of Idyllwild’s Town Hall and lands to the county …
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, Nov. 19 to 25, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Nov. 19 — Walk-in medical aid. Nov. 19 — Medical aid, Hemstreet Place, Idyllwild. Nov. 20 — False alarm, Highway 74, Mountain Center. Nov. 20 — Medical aid, Rockdale Drive, Idyllwild. Nov….
Past remediation efforts at the site of a previously leaking underground fuel tank in Idyllwild seem to have successfully removed most of the potential contaminants, according to a recent report filed with the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health. In early October, R.M. Environmental, Inc., the consultants for property owner Sanden & Sons, Inc., of…
Nancy Nunez, proprietor of Nancy’s Boutique, returns to Idyllwild after a nine-month absence, this time in a new location next to INK Book Gathering on North Circle. Nunez said she retains her other store on State Street in Carlsbad Village and is happy to be back on the Hill. “I like the new location,” Nunez…
