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…
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…
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…
On Sunday, ground was prepared for the construction of the covered pavilon (gazebo) at the Idyllwild community Center site …
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…
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…
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…
The second-annual Firefighter’s Muster, presented by the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, is a larger event this year, with more participants, events and information than last year. It takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 28 at the Idyllwild Community Center property on Highway 243. Billed as a “Day of Awareness,” the…
Increased sediment flow identified in the old roadbeds locally called Coyote Run, Herkey Creek Climb, and Upper and Lower Exfoliator has prompted Forest Service officials to issue a temporary closure to these areas …
A 3.4 magnitude earthquake shook Valle Vista about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 24. The epicenter was approximately five miles southeast of Valle Vista along Bautita Canyon Road and 8 miles west southwest of Idyllwild. The quake could be felt in Idyllwild and a smaller aftershock. Ten aftershocks had occurred by 3 p.m. The largest was…
