9:00 a.m. update: Power appears to be restored for most Hill customers. Members of Anza Electric Cooperative received this message at 8:28 a.m. today: Systemwide power outage due to Edison issue. No ETA on power restoration yet. We’ll keep you posted. Thank you for your patience.
Defendants, Robert Pape, 30, and Cristin Smith, 29, have been found guilty of murder. After 10 days of deliberations, the jury returned guilty verdicts for both men nearly a dozen years after the crimes. The jury found both guilty of the first-degree murder in the deaths of Jon Hayward and Vicki Friedli. Pape alone was…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commissioners discussed the means to convince two-thirds of the district’s voters to raise the parcel, or unit fee, last Thursday night. Resolution 237, approved in May 1981, established a fee for fire-suppression services. The fee was based on the size of the parcel. For example, a 3,000-square-foot lot was defined…
Third District remains bastion in county The number of registered Republican voters continues to decline in California. Last week, the Secretary of State released the final registration numbers before Tuesday’s primary election. Statewide, 44.4 percent or 8.4 million voters registered as Democrats. But surprisingly, the number two choice is no longer “Republican.” As of May…
Bond measure may depend on results The Hemet Unified School District is considering a bond measure for school capital improvements. As part of the effort to secure community support and assess what the HUSD community believes are the high priority capital needs, HUSD has mailed a school facilities survey to district residents and parents of…
Target is urban areas, but rural will be affected Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed two pieces of legislation concerning water usage and water emergencies. “In preparation for the next drought and our changing environment, we must use our precious resources wisely. We have efficiency goals for energy and cars — and now we have…
Editor: Dear Mr. Bereczky: You are correct. The Sun is absolutely the biggest factor producing our climate (long-range weather) and you also mention volcanoes, but many other factors contribute as well, such as the Earth’s tilt on its axis, which is variable and now at 23.5˚, a wobble in Earth’s rotation, a variability in the…
Editor: I attended the May 30, Idyllwild Water District workshop on the rate changes to be voted on at the June 20, board meeting, but came away with more questions than answers. First, why were the property owners and tenants not sent a ballot, as required by Proposition 218? [Cal. Const. Article XIII C §…
Editor: Years ago, when we took a load to the transfer station, placing items in the large dumpsters was pretty easy. The sides on the dumpsters were 6 feet high and they rested 2 feet below the surface on which we stood, so the top was only 4 feet up from our level. Today, the…
Editor: My response from a community chat: I’m not talking about wages. In fact, try to get someone off the Hill to come up here and work for those wages. It won’t happen. Look at Idyllwild Water. It has to outsource its employees. It can’t find a manager with the amount it wants to pay…
