Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) has been in Stage 3 since September 2021, Pine Cove Water District has been in Stage 2 since Feb. 1 and Lake Hemet Municipal Water District just restated its water conservation program since August 2015.On March 28, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order urging water agencies to take more…
By Janice MuraskoLast week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats welcomed a litter of kittens.Phil: Adoption news!Harley: Clearly, it wasn’t us.Phil: Right, but it is still good! Sadie was adopted, but that leaves Pepper still looking for her forever family.Whiskers: And I’ve heard there is another new ARF dog.Phil: You are so…
75 years ago – 1947Idyllwild’s first switch-board was installed at the home of Jess Brown. When prodded for comment, Jess said, “Just don’t have anybody phone anybody before 9:30 Sunday morning.” 65 years ago – 1957May was headed for the wettest on record, with 4.54 inches of rain and snow recorded for the month. Season’s…
On Wednesday, May 18, after hours of public comments, both in the board room and online, the Riverside County Planning Commission unanimously approved a revised Ordinance 927, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” (STR). The revision will be sent to the board of supervisors next month for adoption. The commission reviewed a draft of a revised ordinance…
As of Saturday, May 21, the Idyllwild office of the San Jacinto Ranger District on the San Bernardino National Forest reopened following a more than two-year closure. The office closed in March 2020 due to COVID, according to Natural Resource Specialist Andy Smith. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday to Monday, and…
Several areas within Riverside County have been closed to public access because of high potential fire danger. At its May 17 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved County Fire Chief Bill Weiser’s recommendation to close six areas — North Mountain and Indian Canyon, Whitewater Canyon, Ramona Bowl (open daily from sunrise to noon),…
The Idyllwild community stepped up again to generously donate monies to the Idyllwild Scholarship Fund (ISF). Nine high school seniors, who submitted applications and were interviewed, received a total of $47,000 to help them with their college educations. Tuesday night, May 17, a reception was held at the Idyllwild Library for the scholarship recipients, their…
Brendan Steele scored his best finish in one of the PGA Tour’s four major golf championships last week, turning in rounds of 70-72-69-68 to post a 1-under-par 279, which tied for ninth place. He notched an eagle and 13 birdies against 12 bogeys and a double over the four tournament rounds. The Idyllwild native’s drives…
At 29 years old, Shrina Kurani is the youngest of the five candidates for the 41st Congressional seat and the one who grew up in the district.From Riverside and a valedictorian graduate of La Sierra High School, she earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Riverside. She traveled to Sweden to earn a…
Editor’s note: On June 7, Riverside County will hold a primary to choose two candidates to face off in the November Gubernatorial Election for the U.S. Congressional District 41 seat. Five candidates are on the ballot. The Republicans are Rep. Ken Calvert, incumbent, and John Michael Lucino. Two candidates, Will Rollins and Shrina Kurani, are…
