Mountain Disaster Preparedness, the local nonprofit in the forefront of citizen disaster preparation measures, will present a forum about issues surrounding mandatory disaster evacuation. Mike Feyder, MDP president, said the topic is important now for a number of reasons: that many new residents have moved to the Hill since the 2013 Mountain Fire, the most…
Editor’s note: This was taken from a press release from the U.S. Forest Service. The U.S. Forest Service has named Robert Baird as the director of Fire and Aviation Management for its Pacific Southwest Region. Since May 2014, Baird has been the forest supervisor on the Los Padres National Forest. Besides on-ground fire experience at…
The Ad Hoc Fire Committee of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors did not agree fully with the recommendations to save nearly $12 million in the current county fire budget last week. The biggest difference was rather than using two-person medical crews and reducing the number of three-person engines, the committee recommended maintaining the three-person…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors appointed retired attorney Peter Szabadi to the County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee at its Tuesday, April 11, board meeting. Szabadi, who also serves on the boards of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild and the Idyllwild Water District, said his interest in serving on the CSA 36 Advisory Committee…
At the end of March, the Hemet Unified School District held its annual Employee of the Year Celebration. Every year, each department and school site nominates a certificated and a classified employee to be recognized for their hard work. Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer nominated fifth-grade teacher Brennen Priefer as Idyllwild Teacher of the Year…
A new fire engine, the promised Type 6 model, has been purchased and is on its way to Riverside County Fire Station 23 in Pine Cove. At the April 12 meeting of the advisory committee for County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove), Chair Jerry Holldber confirmed the engine’s purchase. As of the meeting, the county…
Forgiveness of big bills, new water rates on agenda The Idyllwild Water District held a special workshop last week to discuss changes to its water and sewer policies, as well as possible water-rate changes. The Ad Hoc Committee on Rules and Water Regulations, composed of directors Geoffrey Caine and Steve Kunkle, has been working on…
By Becky Clark Editor Dave Hunt, a regular participant in “So you think you know the Hill” was the first to answer, followed by two more correct answers. “Marion Mountain was named after Marion Kelly by Edmund Perkins Jr. who surveyed and mapped the San Jacinto Mountains in the 1890s. Marion was a teacher from…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 2 to 8. Idyllwild • April 3 — Battery, 24000 block of Fern Valley Rd. Handled by deputy. • April 3 — Check the welfare, address undefined. Handled by deputy. • April 4 — Alarm call, Glen…
A San Jacinto man crashed his vehicle into a guardrail last week. According to the California Highway Patrol, at 5:05 a.m. Friday, April 7, Shane White, 36, of San Jacinto, was driving his black 2011 Ford Fiesta westbound on Highway 74, two-tenths of a mile east of South Fork Trail, when he made an unsafe…
