The Community Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee held a brief meeting Tuesday, June. 11. In the absence of county staff and financial reports, the committee had little to discuss. At the end of April, the CSA 38 cash balance was slightly more than $400,000. The next meeting will be scheduled after the Riverside…
As of July 1, my title will change from Editor/Co-publisher to just Co-publisher. We have hired Melissa Diaz Hernandez to take over the editor’s desk. Jack and I will continue managing the business but not necessarily showing our faces every day at the office. We hope to do some traveling and home projects we haven’t…
Editor: As a U.S. Army veteran and history buff, I was really taken aback by Gisela Stearns’ letter on D-Day. It must be convenient to make one man the scape goat for the evils done in Germany’s name. The fact is, Hitler didn’t elect himself. A hateful minority, around one-third of the electorate in a…
Editor: On Friday, June14, we drove into Idyllwild and were surprised to see a festival set up in downtown Idyllwild, no street banner or signage, just closed streets. Due to the festival set up around Idypark, two public streets were closed, Park Lane and Village Center Drive. Consequently, the only driving access to Strawberry Creek…
Editor: With all due respect to the many volunteers on the ICC board, I find it difficult to become enthusiastic about multimillion dollar phases 1, 2, 3, etc., when hundreds of our local residents are struggling to pay utility bills, buy gas to get to off-the-Hill jobs, buy food for their children, etc. I suspect…
Hello from the Idyllwild Association of Realtors®! This year marks our 40th year as an association, and what better way to celebrate it than by recognizing someone who has been part of IAOR since its birth, back in 1979 — someone who has just been honored Emeritus Status for “forty or more cumulative years of…
Sentenced to jail On June 10, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jerome Brock sentenced Michael McRae Kellner to two years in county jail for his guilty plea of burglary. The judge then suspended one year of the sentence. Kellner was arrested on May 29. He was charged with multiple burglaries, narcotic possession, receiving stolen property…
On May 30, representatives Raul Ruiz, M.D., D-CA, and Phil Roe, M.D., R-TN, introduced H.R. 2815, the “Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act.” This bipartisan legislation is intended to improve rural communities’ access to physicians. The bill reauthorizes and expands the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program to address the physician…
Cal Fire/Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • June 14 — Medical aid, 11:08 a.m. Apple Canyon Rd. • June 17 — Medical aid, 10:24 a.m., Hwy. 74, Mountain Center. Idyllwild Fire Here are some of the calls Idyllwild Fire Department responded to recently. • June 8…
70 years ago – 1949 Chuck Holmes was the local boy selected for Boys State by the American Legion Post 800. 65 years ago – 1954 The Chamber of Com- merce was planning to host a chuckwagon dinner for the annual Fourth of July celebration. 60 years ago – 1959 Camp Maranatha’s new assembly hall,…
