Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation last week that specifies the state’s fire prevention fee will be applied to “habitable structures.” The current law simply says the fee applies to structures. The new language makes it clear that habitable structures are for residential use and exclude “commercial, industrial, or incidental buildings such as detached garages, barns,…
Town Hall Soccer Sports Coordinator Richard Mozeleski gave this report on this season’s soccer games. Last week the soccer action was just incredible. The 4- to 5-year-old “little tykes,” as was hoped, are now scoring more with their bigger goals, and the fans are having a blast at those crazy games. In 6- to 8-year-old…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Sept. 30, through Monday, Oct. 6. Idyllwild • Sept. 30 — Three medical aids. • Oct. 2 — False alarm. • Oct. 3 — Malicious, mischievous false call. • Oct. 3 — Three medical aids. • Oct. 4 — Four medical aids….
65 years ago – 1949 An early October snowfall left 3 inches of snow on the ground. 60 years ago – 1954 There was dancing every Saturday night at the Pine Cove Lodge. 55 years ago – 1959 A free “trans-ocean telephone call” to Hawaii or Alaska would be offered to someone at…
Health officials have confirmed Riverside County’s first case of a potentially serious respiratory illness in a teenager from southwest Riverside County. From mid-August to Oct. 7, a total of 628 people in 44 states and the District of Columbia have been confirmed to have respiratory illness caused by EV-D68, according to the federal Center for…
The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has begun mailing nearly half a million vote-by-mail ballots. Monday, Oct. 6, was the first day ballots for the Nov. 4 general election could be mailed. Completed ballots must be received in the Registrar of Voters office by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, to be counted in the election….
Local teen author Kara Swanson spoke about her book “Pearl of Merlydia” (entrustsource publishers, 2014) at the Idyllwild Library and signed books for about 25 young fans last Thursday. Swanson spoke briefly about how the inspiration for the book, for her and her co-author/editor Charis Smith, was living as children of missionaries in Papua New…
Michael Schultz, 67, of Idyllwild, died Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Michael was born Jan. 14, 1947, in Burbank but grew up mainly in Carlsbad. Michael was a very proud Marine. He enlisted in February 1964 at age 17 and volunteered for three tours in Vietnam. His loved ones have planned a day of remembrance for…
While the motions between the District Attorney’s office and Robert Pape’s attorney became more heated, the contention between the prosecutor and defense ultimately became moot when the DA’s office dismissed its charges against Pape for the 2006 triple homicides in Pinyon. Whether Riverside County DA Paul Zellerbach would have to appear as witness to be…
