Directors of the Fern Valley Water District adopted three new personnel policies that changed retirement and health benefits for new hires and the requirements for what employees must pay into their own retirement. At the March 16 board meeting, directors voted to reduce retirement benefits from the existing 2.7 percent of salary per years served…
Idyllwild Elementary School is now registering children for the kindergarten fall 2012 session …
February 1962, John and Teresa Friemoth arrived in Idyllwild …
Amid its discussion of the budget for fiscal year 2012-13, which begins June 30, the County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee thought that county officials had granted approval with a long-standing effort to purchase a new fire engine for Station 23 and the Pine Cove community. However on Thursday, Bill Brown, County Service Area Manager…
Monday morning and all is well in Idyllwild. The roads and highways were cleared yesterday and this morning sun is appearing behind the mountain. The forecast for today is “Scattered snow showers before 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 42. West wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation…
Two vehicles collided head on Saturday morning, March 17 in Idyllwild causing multiple injuries to the vehicles’ occupants, two with moderate and three with minor injuries. The collision occurred at about 7:43 a.m. at the intersection of Marian View Drive and Highway 243. Idyllwild Fire Protection District personnel responded. The injured were transported to off-Hill…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, March 5 to 11, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance March 6 — Medical aid, Deerfoot Lane and Double View Drive, Idyllwild. March 9 — Dispatched and canceled en route, Temecula Drive. March 10 — Medical aid, Highway 243, Idyllwild. March 10…
If a cold and heavy snowfall storm, predicted for this weekend, does occur, the Idyllwild Warming Center located at the American Legion Post 800, 54360 Marian View Dr., could open if its criteria are met. If the center does open, Mountain Disaster Preparedness will alert its network. Folks needing assistance can also call the Idyllwild…
In Riverside Superior Court, Matthew James Subish, 38, of Idyllwild pleaded guilty to a felony burglary charge. Prosecutors dismissed the charge of purchase or receiving a stolen vehicle. Subish was arrested on Oct. 11, 2011, after Tracy Philippi stopped the burglary in progress on Scenic Drive in Idyllwild. Deputies came and arrested Subish. After Subish…
At the latest Mountain Emergency Services Committee (MEMSCOMM) meeting, coordinator Gina Moran-McGough discussed current availability of Homeland Security grant-funded mobile trailers designed to assist disaster recovery in areas of most critical need. Each trailer has 100 cots, blankets, a generator and other emergency supplies and can be towed to areas where most needed. Moran-McGough said…
