One of the appealing things about Idyllwild has been the small-town, slower-paced feeling. Not any more. Observant folks will notice the proliferation of front-lawn signs urging “slow down.” The more frantic driving style seems to have arrived. Just for the record, for the ignorant, the default speed limit is 25 miles per hour. A few…
Yesterday the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council met with special guests from the federal, state and county levels. Linda Ortiz, Emergency Services Coordinator with the California Emergency Management Agency, came to Idyllwild to discuss the implementation details of the FSC grant to help residents replace cedar shake roofing. Eligible properties must have compliant defensible space,…
Editor’s note: We’re introducing a new column today. “Speaking for the Animals” by Shela Boynton will appear in the fourth issue of each month. She will focus on pets, but won’t be limited to just these animals. The request: Write a monthly column about animals. The challenge: Write something that people will want to read,…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Oct. 15 to Oct. 22, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Log unavailable. Riverside County Fire, Pine Cove Oct. 15 — Medical aid, Pine Cove Road, Pine Cove. Oct. 15 — False alarm, Temecula Drive, Idyllwild. Oct. 20 — Medical aid, Rockmere…
According to Mark Barr, Battalion Chief with CalFire, a 20-year-old female working with a CCC crew had back spasms and was airlifted to the Keenwild Helipad from Marian Mountain Trail on Thursday morning. Idyllwild Fire, CalFire Station 23, RSO, Battalion 2 hand crew from CalFire and USFS all responded to the incident.
Isn’t it time we knew more about what is in our food? We label fats, sugars, proteins, and much else that we care about. There is no difference between these considerations and identifying genetically modified content in our food. Monsanto, the largest manufacturer of genetically modified organisms, has mounted a well-funded disinformation campaign to attack…
Idyllwild Fire Protection Department personnel and Idyllwild Volunteer Company 621 responded to a report of a single vehicle that overturned around 7:55 a.m. on Thursday morning on Hwy. 243 just before Marion View Drive. The occupant was transported to Hemet Hospital with minor injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation
Proposition 34, Death Penalty Polls show growing support for Proposition 34, an initiative to repeal the death penalty in California, but passage still remains unlikely at this time. Current law makes first-degree murder punishable by either death or life in prison without the possibility of parole when special circumstances are proven. Those circumstances include murder…
65 years ago – 1947 Town Crier wound up its first year of publication, written, mimeographed and mailed from the Maxwell home. News was brought right to the front door as the Maxwells did not have a telephone. 60 years ago – 1952 Disaster struck an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. James Bowlin, when…
Southern California Edison plans an electrical outage affecting upper Fern Valley on Tuesday, Oct. 30 during the hours from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. The cited reason is line maintenance. The outage boundaries are on the north Forest and Forest Haven Drives, east Forest Drive, west Forest Haven and south, Silver Tip Lane. Affected households…
