At the June 8 Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting, local fire officials discussed preparations for the current fire season and other local projects, which might affect fire threats. Edwina Scott, executive director of the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, reported that MCFSC has helped 99 homeowners (and one more will be completed next week) to…
Last week, Robert Pape (pictured left), 28, and Cristin Smith (right), 27, were re-arrested for the 2006 triple murder of Jon Hayward, Vicki Friedli, and Vicki’s daughter, Becky Friedli in Pinyon Pines. Both had been arrested for the triple murder in March 2014, but nearly seven months later, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office dismissed…
Brandon Steele plays this week in the Quicken Loans National on the Congressional Country Club course in Bethesda, Maryland. He tees off Thursday at 4 a.m. PDT and Friday at 9 a.m. PDT.
The Idyllwild Fire Department’s Finance Committee reviewed the proposed fiscal year 2016-17 budget and moved it to the full commission with some minor changes. The new budget totals slightly more than $2 million in both revenues and expenses. Revenues are projected to be $7,500 more than total expenses. For the current year, budget totals are…
Last week, the San Jacinto City Council decided to extend its fire services contract with Riverside County Fire Department for another year. At a special council meeting Wednesday, June 15, San Jacinto decided that an adequate dispatch service would not be available by July 1, when its current contract with Cal Fire expires. Therefore, activating…
Preparation of a new San Jacinto Mountains Community Wildfire Protection Plan has begun. To prepare an update to the 2006 plan, the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council has received a $55,000 grant from the California Fire Safe Council, which received the funding from the U.S. Forest Service. Dave Kehrlein, ESRI of Redlands, presented the steps…
Last Friday, Cal Fire announced suspension of all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the State and Local Responsibility Areas of Riverside Countym which includes the Hill area. The suspension took effect Monday, June 13, and bans all residential outdoor burning of tumbleweeds. “Riverside County is no stranger to devastating wildland fires. As we…
The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources will make good, reusable household products available for free to residents through the new sustainable Materials Reuse Program. Many products collected through the Household Hazardous Waste Collection program are in good or unused condition, and can be reused instead of processed for disposal. Residents can take home partially…
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 Sunday, June 5 to 12. Idyllwild • June 5 — Animal abuse, address undefined. Handled by deputy. • June 5 — Alarm call, 54000 block of…
Water supply for the Pine Cove Water District is satisfactory and unthreatened, according to General Manager Jerry Holldber, who gave his annual water report at the board meeting Wednesday, June 8. “We’ll stay in Stage 2 [emergency water restrictions] but still apply Stage 1 rates to customers,” he announced. “Moisture is almost normal … and…
