COVID rise still expected due to new Omicron strains Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to urge that COVID-19 vaccines offer high levels of protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death, particularly for those who have received boosters.CDC informs that, during the recent Omicron surge, persons who had received boosters were 21 times…
At its March 29 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved creating an election advisory committee. The committee, composed almost entirely of citizens, is intended “… to provide recommendations to the Board of Supervisors, Executive Office, and Registrar of Voters on improvements to the electoral process to ensure voter confidence and public trust…
CPUC accepting; energy safety office — not so As the number of wildfires and their sizes grow throughout the state, both the governor and the Legislature have taken numerous actions, including new laws and greater oversight of public utilities. However, nothing has yet significantly diminished this threat to millions of Californians, including the thousands of…
Editor’s note: I have always held the opinion as an editor that public officials and figures who make decisions about our lives should be identified when they make public statements, such as in letters to the editor.When I do identify them, they often argue that this is their own opinion, not that of their board…
Over the next few weeks, the Idyllwild Scholarship Fund board is requesting community donations to support scholarships for area 2022 high school graduates.The Idyllwild Scholarship Fund goes back to 1969 when three students were awarded “scholarships.” One was for $250, another for $100, and one student received a dictionary. In April 2021, six high school…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, March 28 to April 3. • March 28 — EMS call, provide advanced life support 6:07 p.m. Hwy. 317.• March 29 — EMS call, provide ALS, 1:05 p.m. Alderwood St.• March 29 — Public service assist, 1:28 p.m. Maranatha Dr.• April…
65 years ago – 1957Bee Krone composed the song “Let’s Keep America Beautiful,” and Philippe Buhler composed music for a string quartet that was given a first performance at the University of Redlands. 60 years ago – 1962The county Board of Supervisors launched a campaign to have the Banning-Idyllwild Highway taken into a state highway…
Brendan Steele fired three-under-par golf at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio last week, posting 68-74-71-72 — 285 to finish in a tie for 48th place in the 100-year-old tournament he won in 2011, his first year on the PGA Tour.The native Idyllwilder scored one eagle, nine birdies, eight bogeys and one double-bogey while…
By Janice MuraskoLast week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats met the new dog Lola.Phil: Big, big news!Harley: Yippee! What is it?Lola: My dog friend Lola was adopted last week. She is in the perfect home!Phil: That is such great news. But there’s more! ARF has two new dogs and two new…
Wednesday, March 30, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force issued a strategic plan to expand using prescribed fire, which it argues can be a beneficial tool for mitigating the threat and intensity of wildfires. The “Strategic Plan for Expanding the Use of Beneficial Fire” follows the issuance of “California’s Wildfire and Forest…
