By John R. Hawkins Fire Chief & Operational Area Fire & Rescue Coordinator & William Weiser, Division Chief Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department The following excerpted information will be very valuable as you plan and act to create or maintain defensible space: Defensible Space Zones Two zones make up the required 100 feet of defensible…
Editor: I read with great interest the wonderful article submitted by you and Jack in the Fall Cal Pub (California News Publishers Association publication). Congratulations on your very creative membership for the Idyllwild Town Crier. What good news that the paper is important enough to the citizenry that the memberships have been coming in steadily. …
70 years ago – 1947 November had been a cold month with a low of 14 degrees. Joe McGaugh reported 10 degrees in his cow barn, but people thought he was just trying to get ice cream the easy way. 65 years ago – 1952 Town Hall was jammed for the annual Christmas party that…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats welcomed a new dog to the ARF family. Mr. Jingle: Hey, cats! Gather ’round. I have dog news. Anabel: We’re all here. What’s the news? Mr. Jingle: Even though I’m not terribly fond of other dogs, I will introduce a group of puppies that…
Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department In Part I, we discussed Santa Ana Winds and how winds significantly enable wildfire spread. Riverside County clearly witnessed wind-driven fires this September and October. With the Canyon #1 and Canyon #2 fires and the Wildomar Fire that started on Oct. 26, we saw how quickly and destructively wildfires can…
Editor: The Town Crier often runs articles warning of scams. This makes the Nov. 23 paragraphs titled “Fentanyl addiction help” all the more insidious. Narconon International is an organization owned and controlled by the Church of Scientology. It is highly controversial not only because of these ties, but, also because the “science” behind its approach…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats wished to celebrate the holidays in a forever home. Little Girl: Dog in the house! There’s a dog in the house! Anabel: Wow! Where? Who? Mr. Jingle: (Running into the cattery) Here! I’m the dog. My name is Mr. Jingle, and you cats are OK,…
70 years ago – 1947 Deputy Max Jensen, assigned to the mountains by the Sheriff’s Department, reported that during the previous six months, he had handled 92 assignments with 12 arrests. 65 years ago – 1952 A rather hectic program was readied for a visit by TV’s “Queen for a Day.” A weekend on the…
70 years ago – 1947 Game Warden Cliff Donham was double-crossed by the very squirrels he protected. When investigating his car’s lack of power, it was revealed that squirrels had been stuffing the exhaust pipe with acorns and nuts. 65 years ago – 1952 There was a flurry of new construction in the village. Next…
By Ben Metcalf More than 500,000 California families find their path to affordable homeownership through the purchase of a mobilehome or manufactured home, but an estimated one third lack proper title and registration — putting each of those homeowners at risk. In an effort to encourage all mobile and manufactured homeowners to secure proper title,…
