On Monday, Aug. 15, the Idyllwild Town Crier informed IWD General Manager Thomas E. Lynch that the TC was going to publish a story saying that he had taken the exam for State Water Resources Control Board’s California Water Treatment Grade II Operator Certificate (“T2” certification) three times, had failed it all three times, and…
Because of strong gusty winds and low humidity, Cal Fire has issued a Red Flag Warning until 9 p.m. tonight for parts of Northern and Southern California tonight, including the San Jacinto Mountains. A Red Flag Warning is issued for weather events which may result in extreme fire behavior that will occur within 24 hours.
In February 2014, when the directors of the Idyllwild Water District hired General Manager Tom Lynch, they required him to “receive your State of California Water Treatment Grade II Operator Certificate” within six months. At the July 2016 board meeting, Lynch told the public his certificate was pending. Two weeks later, Vice President John Cook…
In February 2014, when Tom Lynch was hired to be general manager of Idyllwild Water District, he was required by the district to obtain a California Water Treatment Grade II Operator Certificate (“T2” certification) from the State Water Resources Control Board within six months as a condition of his employment. This was one of several…
Late Saturday afternoon, officials from the Idyllwild Fire Department were alerted to a body on the Butterfield Commons at Strawberry Creek, the future home of the Idyllwild Community Center, and the Sheriff’s Department confirmed the location where the body was found. Late Sunday, the Riverside County Coroner’s office released the following information. The deceased was…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for last week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, July 31 to Aug. 6. Idyllwild • July 31 — Follow-up, address withheld. Handled by deputy. • July 31 — Civil dispute, address undefined. Handled…
Riverside County’s property assessments have finally recovered from the recent recession. For fiscal year 2016-17, the county’s assessment roll exceeds its previous record, which was achieved in 2008. The total county property assessment is $255.1 billion, which is 5 percent more than last year’s total of $242.7 billion. “This is the fourth-consecutive year of…
Before and during the public hearing on the Idyllwild Water District standby fee, the audience, directors and General Manager Tom Lynch addressed several other topics besides the fee itself. For example, Lynch said that two wells (nos. 12 and 27) had already been rehabilitated for less than $15,000. Well no. 27, on the north side…
Two traffic incidents, both on Saturday, Aug. 6, both in Idyllwild, and each with similar circumstances, took place over the last week. At 9:20 a.m., Luann Elizabeth Sheneman, 78, of Idyllwild, was driving her 2000 silver Subaru Outback eastbound on Pine Crest Avenue in Idyllwild, 1/10 of a mile east of Highway 243, when she…
Karen Georg’s Idyllwild Massage on North Circle Drive has been the subject of nighttime vandalisms during recent months. In five separate incidents occurring nights or even weeks apart, storefront windows of her establishment have been shattered, apparently during nighttime hours, by the use of a pellet gun, a BB gun and rocks. Georg, who specializes…
