Dangerous weekend on the Rock
A rock climber fell from Tahquitz Rock …
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Out Loud: March Meeting …
Anyone not a part of a governmental body may invite a governmental body to a meeting without the onus falling on the anyone to follow the body’s rules. The “anyone” in the March case of the IFPD Brown Act violations was Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins. In Susan Weisbart’s response to the grand jury…
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Cooper writes about a $2 million bill from his father
the itemized cost of his upbringing, that he received from his lawyer father Edward when he was 23 …
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Fatality was a rock climber
Town Crier has received confirmation that the man fatally injured at 11 a.m. Saturday and was reported dead at 1:02 p.m. the same day was a rock climber and has been identified as Bryan Rockwood, 49, of San Diego. Rockwood fell from Tahquitz Rock. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire, Idyllwild Fire, the Riverside County Sheriff’s, U.S. Forest Service and Riverside…
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Before Our Time: Drought is nothing new here …
“O, sunset land! O, sunset land! As on thy highest mount I stand, I look away across the plain, And wonder will it ever rain.” Thus did J.P. Baumgartner, editorializing in the Riverside Daily Press in 1899, paraphrase a familiar gospel hymn. Southern California was suffering through a three-year drought. Only three storage reservoirs existed…
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Readers write: Success through help …
Editor: Mile High Radio Club, celebrating 25 years of Community Service and providing emergency communications, appreciates the following organizations and individuals for their kind contributions in support of our efforts within the San Jacinto Mountains: Idyllwild Community Fund, Pine Cove Property Owners Association, Idyllwild Rotary, Idyllwild Rotary Ann’s, Jazz in the Pines, Pine Cove Water…
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Readers write: IFPD and the grand jury …
Editor: I appreciate the grand jurors for what might seem a thankless job. You have dedicated many hundreds of hours over years of service as an unbiased and objective jury of our peers to help better our community’s fire and emergency medical services within the Idyllwild Fire Protection District and surrounding agencies. To better…
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Pertussis epidemic remains strong
California’s and the nation’s current pertussis (whooping cough) epidemic has not abated as spring turned to summer. “California is currently experiencing a pertussis epidemic … The last epidemic in California occurred in 2010, however, the overall incidence of pertussis has increased since the 1990s … Young infants are at greatest risk of hospitalization and death…
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Buddy Holly tribute band next at concert series
Inland Empire-based Southbound and Company make their first appearance at Ken Dahleen’s Idyllwild Summer Concert Series on Thursday, July 17 …
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Drought continues, El Niño a possibility
California is in the midst of a three-year drought, which is no longer news. The chance of another El Niño weather pattern, however, is. For the 2013-14 rain year, which ended on June 30, only 14.43 inches of rainfall was recorded at the Idyllwild Fire Station. This .41 inches more than the 2012-13 rain year,…
