In scenarios similar to recent Idyllwild commercial burglaries, burglars broke into Lake Hemet Market in the early morning of Saturday, Dec. 29. Manger Alex Tomazin said they apparently used a small propane tank to break the glass in the market’s front door sometime between 6:15 and 6:45 a.m. Just as in the Fairway Market incident,…
In its last meeting before 2013, the Idyllwild Water District board changed the number of paid employee holidays, continued to move forward on additional storage capacity in the Tollgate Zone and kept the same committee memberships for the coming year. The number of holidays will be 14 in 2013. This includes 12 calendar holidays such…
ARF had one wish for Santa: Please give just one dog a forever home. And we got our wish. Domino, our Lab mix, was left to die without food, water, or human contact for five days until an angel rescued and brought her to ARF. It was love at first sight, even through the window,…
Ann Lumsden, 88, of Boulder, Colo., died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at Boulder Manor Nursing Home. Ann was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1923, but spent most of her life in Southern California. She was a professional singer for many years. She met her late husband, William Lumsden, a paratrooper in World War II,…
Are you passionate about volunteering in your community to assist the first responders before, during or after a man-made or natural disaster or emergency? Join Riverside County Fire-Office of Emergency Services Disaster Corps Volunteer Program.
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 1, to observe the New Year’s Day holiday: Area post offices BBVA Compass Bank Fern Creek Medical Center Fern Valley Water District Idyllwild Health Center Idyllwild Library Idyllwild Pharmacy Idyllwild Transfer Station Mt. San Jacinto State Park U.S. Forest Service These will be closed Monday…
What makes the United States Armed Forces the greatest government entity in the world and is the very reason why Idyllwild Fire should be dissolved? [The answer is] objectivity and reproducibility or in this case a lack thereof. It’s not about cost or who is employed. Can Idyllwild Fire objectively replace its three captains at…
Hemet Unified School District offices and schools will be closed for two weeks, through Jan. 4, 2013, for the winter break. Normal office and school hours will resume on Monday, Jan. 7.
The Riverside County Waste Management Department is working with the California Department of Fish and Game to collect Christmas trees at county landfills and provide them for fish habitat. Christmas trees collected at the Badlands, Blythe and Lamb Canyon landfills, through the free Christmas tree drop-off program, will be provided to the Department of Fish…
