At 1:28 p.m. Sunday, May 13, Riverside County Fire Department/Cal Fire responded to a remote-area rescue at Humber Park. An adult male hiker was reported to have a lower extremity injury on the Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail. At 3:15 p.m., Cal Fire helicopter 301 located, extricated and brought the patient to awaiting paramedics. The patient…
Solar panels will be part of new-home construction beginning in 2020. Last week, the California Energy Commission approved new building-efficiency standards that will require solar panels. The commission expects the new standards will reduce energy consumption 53 percent for homes, the equivalent of 115,000 fewer gas-consuming cars on the streets. Energy consumption in nonresidential buildings…
Editor: Our granddaughter Kalena Perry is 10. I wanted to share this with our readers on the Hill. I think it sums up how we all feel about our mountain. Here is her homework: “The place I like to go to on vacation is a small town called Idyllwild. This place is located up in…
Editor: I was very disappointed to receive and study the Idyllwild Water District’s letter stating its plan to increase our water rates for the next five years, and after having just had a rate increase last year. While the water district notice states, “Just as many households incur increased expenses,” it doesn’t make clear the…
Editor: It’s difficult for laymen to understand how this proposed rate increase would affect their pocketbooks, and little explanation of why it is needed or what the district is doing to minimize expenditures. Here we go again. If you received a rate structure and newsletter by mail you may have glanced at it. Maybe tossed…
Editor: Yes, we all need clean, safe water. Of course. I’m willing to pay more for this vital commodity. But to tax at these proposed exorbitant rates cannot be the only solution. The Idyllwild Water District board needs to extend the June 20 deadline for protests by several months so their customers have time to…
Editor: There was a hearing about the water rate increase in Pine Cove last Wednesday. I did not go because I went to the website for the water district and I attended meetings of the Pine Cove Property Owners Association where information on the subject was presented for several consecutive months. PCWD has earned awards…
Back in February, when I traveled to Sacramento with my grandson to attend a California News Publishers Association board meeting, a funny incident occurred that some friends suggested I write about. Carter and I flew up there for a partial week of my work and then a weekend of sightseeing. We packed lightly, taking small…
Editor: I am a new resident and recently attended the Pine Cove Water District public hearing on rate hikes. To give a little history, residents were notified by mail that they were proposing rate hikes and were given a schedule of increases over a five-year period. The explanation was that maintenance was needed on the…
Some of our past subscribers don’t understand why they can’t buy a subscription for $29 anymore. The short answer is that $29 included the price of mailing 52 issues to you. Simply put, $29 wasn’t making it. The long answer involves the nationwide fact that, in general, newspaper advertising has been in decline for several…
