Open seats for Riverside County; deadline is Friday
The following districts are scheduled to conduct their Board Member Elections, on November 6, 2018. Open Seats in November 6 Consolidated General Election
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Readers Write: Special people at Idyllwild Pharmacy
Editor: July 25, my husband dropped off a prescription to be filled. They said it would be ready in the afternoon. We were told to evacuate less than two h ours later. My husband called to see if we could get it on our way out of town and they said yes. They waited for…
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Readers Write: Quiet Skies’ concern is commercial, not firefighting
Editor: In response to a reader’s letter last week, we want to clarify that Quiet Skies Idyllwild’s prime goal is to redirect commercial air traffic away from the Hill, a quality-of-life issue quite separate from aircraft used in first-response efforts against the Cranston Fire. In the post-fire period, commercial jet overflights resumed their “normal” frequency,…
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Readers Write: San Jacinto Watershed Watchdogs update
Editor: We are so grateful for all firefighter and first responder heroes who just saved our community. They were able to do this because they spent the past five years since the Mountain Fire with multiple organizations working together perfecting a plan. They were able to instantly put that plan in place due to years…
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Readers Write: The girl in the black SUV
Editor: To the girl in the black SUV in front of Fairway at 1 p.m. the day of the fire: I appreciate you stopping and telling me to vacate immediately as this was an arsonist who lit multiple fires and you gave me information on directions, etc. We had an early lunch (11:30 a.m.) at…
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Readers Write: You might be a fire survivor
Editor: (With a bow to Jeff Foxworthy.) When the rain on your windshield is pink, you might be a fire survivor. When you can be sure all of your neighbors have clean refrigerators, you might be a fire survivor. When your marshmallows get roasted on the way home from the market, you might be a…
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Another Point of View: A Jewish Smokey Bear, I wasn’t (part 1)
By Jack Neworth Santa Monica Currently, 18 brush and forest fires are raging in California. By far the worst is the Carr Fire in Redding where at least eight have died (including two firefighters) and four residents are missing. The inferno, ignited by a spark from a towed vehicle, has destroyed over 113,000 acres and…
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Realtors and other business owners: Listen up!
Did you think advertising in the Town Crier was just advertising to local residents? I just did a count of Town Crier Members — all 600 plus of them. Fifty-two percent of Town Crier Members are off-Hill residents — folk who are such strong Hill fans that they took out TC Memberships, but who have…
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It may not be a good idea to file an insurance claim
Unless you lost your home Property insurance agent Dave Noble of Hemet is fielding calls from local residents who were mandatorily evacuated during the Cranston Fire last week. The “Loss of Use” coverage in an insurance policy gives protection for anyone who loses a body part, an automotive, a piece of property, etc. In the…
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Great kindness shown for fire evacuees
When a state of emergency is declared for an area, price gouging is prohibited anywhere in the state where there is increased consumer demand as a result of the declared emergency. The Cranston Fire was declared a state of emergency by both Gov. Jerry Brown and President Donald Trump. A business cannot raise its rates…
