Stone, friends get a peek at new library
Third District Supervisor Jeff Stone and members of Friends of Idyllwild Library got to walk through the new Idyllwild library …
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Sheriff’s Department conducts Pine Cove warrant search: Kimmerle arrested
At approximately 10:15 a.m. on Friday, April 27 Sheriff’s Department Hemet deputies arrested suspect Ron Kimmerle on suspicion of felony burglary.Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station deputies conducted a warrant search of several cabins in the 25000 block of Laurel Drive in Pine Cove. A team of deputies in two marked and two unmarked cars…
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State approves Idyllwild Water’s recycled water plan
In a March 22 letter to the Idyllwild Water District, the California Water Resource Control Board granted its approval of the “Idyllwild Recycled Water Project Facilities Report.” This is the first step in the district’s quest for funding for a recycled water facility. The letter also included suggestions for additional information, which IWD should submit…
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News of Record: April 26, 2012
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, April 16 to 22, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance April 18 — Walk-in medical aid. April 19 — Medical aid, Saunders Meadow Road, Idyllwild. April 20 — Cover assignment, highways 243 and 74, Mountain Center. April 20 — Medical aid, Fern…
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Water pressure problematic in Howland fire response
At the Fern Valley Water District board meeting, General Manager Steve Erler noted that decreased water pressure cited by some firefighters responding to the Howland fire may have been the result of an older 4-inch line feeding Howland. “Firefighters took water from the hydrants at the dead end at the top of Howland and from…
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Volunteers ready site for playground gazebo
On Sunday, ground was prepared for the construction of the covered pavilon (gazebo) at the Idyllwild community Center site …
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IFPD, county meet over ambulance service
Following a March 20 letter telling Riverside County that it wanted to terminate its contract to provide ambulance service to Zones 2 (Pine Cove) and 3 (areas north of Pine Cove and south of Idyllwild), areas outside of the IFPD district, Idyllwild Fire officials met with representatives of the county’s Emergency Medical Services Agency last…
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Hillman case: Appeals court rejects new trial for jury tampering
A panel of state court appellate judges overturned a Riverside Superior Court decision to grant a new trial to Christopher V. Hillman, who was convicted of seven counts of attempting to influence the jury during the Raymond Oyler arson murder trial the previous year. Hillman is Oyler’s brother-in-law. Within a month of Hillman’s conviction in…
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Local food assistance demand grows as supplies shrink
Gary Busher, local coordinator for the Second Harvest Food Bank distribution, said he is doing the best he can to cope with a decrease in food and an increase in commodity applicants. “Where once we got 8 to 10 pallets, now we’re getting 4,” he said. “And the problem is that more and more people…
