“As of the FY 2023/24 First Quarter Adjustments Report, the county continues to maintain a strong fiscal standing,” was the Executive Office’s summary of Riverside County’s current budget as of Sept. 30, the end of the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2023-24, which ends June 30, 2024. Not only are revenues expected to grow…
Tuesday, Nov. 28, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors reviewed another revision of Ordinance 927.2, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” (STRs). The board held a hearing on the initial proposed changes Nov. 7. After the hearing and discussion among the supervisors, they asked staff to consider several more changes and bring the new revision back to…
Last week, President Joe Biden declared that a major disaster exists in parts of California affected by Tropical Storm Hilary that passed over the Hill during the middle of August. In Riverside County, the storm caused major flooding, mudflows, road closures and damage to critical infrastructures. The declaration also ordered federal aid to supplement state,…
11/30/23 By JP Crumrine Correspondent Tuesday, Nov. 28, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to review another revision of Ordinance 927.2, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” (STRs). The board held a hearing on the initial proposed changes on Nov. 7. After the hearing and discussion among the supervisors, they asked the staff to consider…
By JP Crumrine Correspondent Thursday, Nov. 16, Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP) asked Alex Tardy of the National Weather Service’s San Diego office to discuss the forecast for the coming winter. Tardy has been a frequent guest of MDP. Before Tardy began, MDP President Mike Feyder briefly discussed the role of MDP that has been serving…
By JP Crumrine Correspondent Warning Coordination Meteorologist Alex Tardy at the San Diego office of the National Weather Service (NWS) was in Idyllwild last week. As Mike Feyder, Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP) president, said Tardy is a friend of MDP and has spoken in Idyllwild several times beginning in 2015 and last appearing here a…
By David Jerome Correspondent The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Board of Directors met Wednesday, Nov. 15, for short but joyous session. Director Steve Kunkle was absent. The room was unusually animated, as parents and children attended to hear the board recognize winners of IWD’s Idyllwild School Water Scholarship contest. Prizes were awarded for posters and…
By JP Crumrine Correspondent At the Riverside County Board of Supervisors’ Nov. 7 meeting, Auditor-Controller Ben J. Benoit unveiled the fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 audit plan. “Today’s audit plan is a marked departure from our previous plans,” Benoit told the board at the beginning of his brief presentation. “This one was created by using a…
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Thursday, Nov. 23, to observe Thanksgiving are: • Area post offices • Fairway Market • Fern Valley Water District • Hemet Unified School District (also Friday) • Idyllwild Health Center • Idyllwild Library (also Friday) • Idyllwild Nature Center • Idyllwild Pharmacy • Idyllwild Town Crier •…
