The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management will host four Sand to Snow National Monument collaborative workshops in July. The first will be July 13 in Yucaipa. The workshops will provide an opportunity for information sharing between the public, Forest Service and BLM about the Sand to Snow National Monument. President Barrack Obama…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls Friday, June 10, to Sunday, June 26. Idyllwild • June 10 — Cooking fire, confined to container, 54000 block of S. Circle Dr. • June 11 — Medical aid, Deerfoot Ln. • June 11 — Lock out, 25000 block of Hwy. 243. • June…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District adopted its preliminary 2016-17 budget last week. The total budget is slightly more than $2 million and about $170,000 more than the 2015-16 budget. Growth in revenues is largely from two sources. The revenues from the county’s property taxes are expected to increase about $140,000 and reimbursement from participation in…
Editor: Kudos to Forest Folk for making the Idyllwild Shuttle Service a reality. And to Riverside County for providing the shuttle and van, but also for the diligent work of Reba Coulter and the board of Forest Folk. This service is a godsend for seniors, the disabled and those without transportation. The local schedule from…
The California Department of Transportation will begin work next week on the State Route 371 left turn lane project. The work will be from 0.2 miles west of Bahrman Road and 0.03 miles west of Bailiff Road. The project will construct left turn lanes for both directions of travel on SR-371. The $520,000 project, which…
Riverside County has implemented a new early warning notification system. The EWNS is used to alert and warn residents and businesses in the county of emergencies such as wildfires, floods, hazardous materials, severe weather and certain law enforcement incidents. A request for proposal to replace the former EWNS, commonly referred to as “reverse 911,” with…
Marcus Green, 51, of Thermal, the driver of a car that went over the side of Highway 74 in May and resulted in the death of a 5-month-old child, had his request for a bail reduction denied. At the June 29 bail review hearing, Green’s attorney, David Greenberg, brought four witnesses and 17 written statements…
One crash took place on Hill roads over the last week. At 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 2, Amanda Weilbacher, 26, of Murrieta, was riding her 2015 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle westbound on Highway 74 about 1,000 feet east of McGaugh Road when she rounded a sweeping right curve, crossed over the double-yellow line and hit the…
Cal Fire investigators made an arson arrest on Wednesday, June 29. Traci Farley, 52, of Pinyon, was arrested for allegedly setting multiple fires in Pinyon, an unincorporated area of Riverside County. She was booked on 13 counts of arson, along with several pending additional arson charges. Her arraignment was June 29 and she pleaded not…
One of two boulders above Highway 243 at Deadman’s Curve in Pine Cove is pulled off the steep slope on Wednesday morning. A Caltrans team is removing these so they do not fall unexpectedly on the highway, as one did last January. The crew used air bags to push the second boulder onto the highway.
