While financial reports and current conditions were the main focus of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission meeting last week, the major news was Commissioner Nancy Layton announcing her resignation. She and her husband, Rick Foster, are moving to Hemet. With the recent change in the election years for IFPD directors, Layton’s current term will…
Last January, after several weekends of unprecedented snow-visitor traffic, Riverside County 3rd District Supv. Chuck Washington convened a multi-agency meeting to address issues growing out of the snow-play visitor glut. Washington did so at the request of Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz, who was concerned about emergency vehicle blockage by illegally parked cars as well…
Editor’s Note: We’ll continue to profile propane company representatives and company policies in subsequent editions as well as updating pricing from companies willing to provide that information. In our edition of Nov. 24, we reviewed propane spot prices nationally and regionally, and suggested to readers that it might be to customer advantage to check before…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Nov. 13 to 19. Idyllwild • Nov. 13 — Narcotics, address undefined. Handled by deputy. • Nov. 13 — Silent alarm, address withheld. Handled by deputy. • Nov. 14 — 911 call from business, 54000 Block of Pine…
Two weeks past the end of the fourth month of the current fiscal year, the financial consultant for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District provided more data for the first three months of fiscal 2016-17. Commissioner Nancy Layton, also a member of the finance committee that was to review the current financial data said, “October is…
Idyllwild local Taylor Dravenstatt, 24, previously sent to state prison for felony burglary in 2013, was sentenced for a second felony burglary of a Perris residence that occurred on Sept. 6, 2016. As part of the minute order from the sentencing proceeding on Friday, Nov. 18, Dravenstatt’s burglary charge was reduced from first to second…
Two incidents of post-election graffiti were reported last week — one on Strawberry Creek Bridge in Idyllwild near the HELP Center and the other in the men’s bathroom at the Idyllwild Public Library. Both were promptly removed and no reports were made to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Editor’s Note: As winter begins, we resume our series on propane pricing and trends over the upcoming heating season. Each week we’ll interview a local supplier spokesperson about their company’s policies. Next week we’ll begin listing price per gallon and other charges for all companies that serve the Hill and agree to provide pricing information….
The County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee (Pine Cove fire and ambulance) reviewed the various projects funded in its 2016-17 budget at its Nov. 16 meeting. The Bautista Division Chief Bill Weiser, Riverside County Fire Department, reported that estimates for the masticator and chipper have been obtained. Their purchases will occur within the next couple…
The Idyllwild Water District lost two of its five directors in September. Former President James Billman and Director Mike Freitas resigned unexpectedly within the same week. The remaining directors have not been able to appoint replacements because Vice President John Cook prefers to wait and hold an election in March 2017. Regardless of the victors,…
