What: A free, two-day event where customers will have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with a Bank of America home retention specialists to review their options for home loan modifications or other alternatives to foreclosure. Customers are strongly encouraged to bring a list of documents found at www.bankofamerica.com/homeownerevent. Where: Embassy Suites Palm Desert 700 California…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, May 7 to 13, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance May 8 — Medical aid, Red Hill Truck Trail, Pine Cove. May 8 — Walk-in medical aid. May 9 — Medical aid, Village Center Drive, Idyllwild. May 10 — Medical aid, North…
Idyllwild is situated between two faults: the San Andreas to the east, and the San Jacinto to the west. That is both good and bad news, according to Dr. Robert de Groot, Southern California Earthquake Center education program manager. De Groot was in Idyllwild to speak at the May 10 Mountain Emergency Services Committee meeting….
Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit reached two Orange County hikers, lost in the San Jacinto wilderness early in the morning of Wednesday, May 9. A Riverside County Sheriff’s Department aviation unit was unable to retrieve them because of high winds. Hikers Michael Blanc, 63, of Anaheim, and Malgurzata Domagala, 39, of Mission Viejo, had become disoriented…
Ron Kimmerle, twice arrested and twice jailed within the last three weeks, was again released, this time on May 9. The reason given for the release by the clerk at Southwest Detention Center, at which Kimmerle had been incarcerated since May 7, was “the district attorney would not file charges.” John Hall, district attorney’s office…
The Idyllwild Community Garden, proposed by the Forest Folk and supported by the county Economic Development Agency that runs Idyllwild recreation, may be on hold for a year because of lack of agreement upon an appropriate site. The leading candidate for the garden had been a parcel at the Nature Center on Highway 243. The…
Botton, Carratello, D’Arcy, Gray, Guntermann and Scavarda take with them a combined 125 years experience in schools …
Saturday afternoon, CAL FIRE, Station 23 and Helicopter 301 from Hemet-Ryan Air base, Idyllwild Fire Department and the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit were rescued rock climbers off of Tahquitz Rock. One had minor injuries and the other minor to moderate. Mercy Air ambulance transported this climber to a local hospital. Graham Shelton from Raleigh, North…
Ron Kimmerle, twice arrested and twice jailed within the last two weeks, was again released, this time on May 9. The reason given for the release by the clerk at Southwest Detention Center, at which Kimmerle had been incarcerated since May 7, was “the District Attorney would not file charges.” Kimmerle was first arrested on…
Daniel Mackie, 31, of Palm Springs began a day hike on Saturday, May 5. from the mountain station of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. While hiking above the community of Snow Creek, Mackie fell and became disoriented. Unsure of his location and how to return to the trail, Mackie used his cell phone to call…
