Despite a rainy and cool morning, about 20 residents trudged to the Pine Cove Fire Station to hear Fern Valley resident Marsha Kennedy discuss the origin and efforts of the Idyllwild Snow Group. Heavy snowfalls during the winter of 2016-17 attracted a vast number of visitors to the Hill. Most of them were seeking places…
Editor’s note: Because of pressing issues regarding the local weather disasters, we are unable to investigate further this week on this issue, as some readers and also attendees requested at last week’s news meeting. Following publication of the Idyllwild Fire Department wages, as reported to the state Controller General, who posts it on the agency’s…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission held its meeting, nearly four hours in duration, Tuesday, Feb. 26. As promised, the commission had its plan to secure a new and higher parcel (unit) fee on the agenda. However, the discussion of the tax measure was held to the end of the meeting, at which point the…
On Feb. 12, Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke to the state Legislature giving his State of State address. Newsom covered many topics from housing to high-speed railways, and several subjects, which will have direct or incidental effects on the Hill. Water supply was a major topic to which Newsom devoted significant attention. Not only did he…
The closure of Highway 74 is much more than a nuisance or inconvenience for Idyllwild high school students and Hemet Unified School District personnel who commute. Several HUSD staff live in Idyllwild and work in Hemet, and some Idyllwild School faculty live in Hemet. The district is trying to help as much as possible, according…
Mountain Disaster Preparedness has organized a community meeting to discuss the highway access to Idyllwild caused by the recent weather. The session will be 6 p.m. Monday, March 18. Mike Feyder, MDP president, is arranging a location to accommodate the public. But the time and date are set. Representatives of the California Department of Transportation…
Ames Construction, the Caltrans contractor, is not only repairing the damage to Highway 74 where it collapsed and was severed, but Ames is repairing and protecting the highway in several more locations. The fast-moving runoff eroded the edge of the highway in many places. Here, work is being done to restore Highway 74 about .75…
The repair of Highway 243 north of Pine Cove will take time to complete. The major work will be restoration of the highway where it collapsed and severed, in two places. Below is the work to reconnect the highway at Bay Tree Springs. Access to the second highway collapse, north of this site is not…
Janet Fitch’s mega-bestselling 1999 debut novel “White Oleander” makes her well qualified to lead the April 5 to 7 Spring Writers Retreat (idyllwildarts.org/spring-writers-retreat/) on the Idyllwild Arts campus. The course description promises an attempt to “reinforce participants’ connection with their creative sources, and explore aspects of craft,” and the craft that Fitch lavished on “White…
“Turnover,” a film from producers Linda Palmer, Rae Davis, Marvin Glover, Mark Cardone, Brian McCormick and Martina Webster, aims to educate and break down barriers for people with disabilities. It has been nominated in 14 categories at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. “Turnover” is the story of cafe owner Peter (played by nominee, Independent…
