Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats discussed the new canine members. Little Girl: Adoption news! Panther: How fun! My first time in the cattery meeting. Little Girl: Welcome, Panther. Are you comfortable? Panther: To be honest, I’d rather not be around other cats. I want a home all to myself, or…
You may have noticed an unnamed black and gold helicopter flying for 30 to 45 minutes over Idyllwild last Friday afternoon. The helicopter is leased by WaveRider Helicopters of Oceanside from November Alpha LLC. Kurt Dawson, owner/pilot of WaveRider, said his company was contracted by a surveyor to survey the power grid in our area. “The surveyor was probably hired by SCE,” he said, and Dawson and an employee were given a map to survey problems in the grid such things as trees in the power lines.
New director, transparency policies and capital improvement plan The directors of Idyllwild Water District had a long, busy and productive meeting on March 21. They filled a vacancy (see accompanying story and separate interview), adopted open government resolutions, and discussed capital improvement priorities and the state water-tax proposal. Transparency resolutions The board unanimously adopted resolutions…
A cannabis (marijuana) industry is likely to come to the unincorporated areas of Riverside County, perhaps in 2018. Already nearly a dozen cities within the county have permitted at least one feature — retailing, cultivating, testing or distributing — of the novice industry. At the end of a nearly three-hour workshop Tuesday, March 20, Supervisor Kevin Jeffries, 2nd District, summarized the Riverside County Board of Supervisor’s next steps.
The prestigious Youth America Grand Prix at Escondido’s California Center for the Arts in the middle of last month turned into a kind of all-star game for Idyllwild Arts Academy dancers. Sofia Tellez Marquez, Alejandra Alicona and Andrea Hernandez placed among the top 24 female classical dancers, with Andrea landing in the top 12, and Dayoung “Sally” Kim placing among the top 12 female contemporary dancers.
Wednesday, March 28, the Chairs for Charity fundraiser kicks-off at Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery to benefit the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s scholarship fund. Fifteen chairs, created by 15 artists from Idyllwild, IA and Palm Springs, will be on display until April 8. All net proceeds will fund art scholarships to Idyllwild Arts Academy…
Editor’s note: This is from a U.S. Forest Service press release. The U.S. Forest Service is preparing to reissue powerline permits to Southern California Edison for infrastructure serving local communities adjacent to and within the San Bernardino National Forest. The existing Special Use Authorizations have exceeded their expiration dates and updated authorizations are needed for…
The late winter and early spring precipitation continued last week through Saturday night. Almost 2 inches of rain was recorded at the U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station from Wednesday night through Sunday morning. The week ahead forecast has rain coming possibly Tuesday and lingering through Friday. The highest probability of more precipitation is after…
Caltrans’ blade-equipped vehicles recently could be heard many times throughout the night scraping Highway 243 even though there was no snow accumulation. The Town Crier contacted Terry Kasinga, public information officer of Caltrans, to learn the reason for this. She advised that Caltrans vehicles were patrolling for rocks. “Highway 243 is one of the worst…
Head-on crash involving injuries At 9:03 p.m. Friday, March 16, Lili Crow, 32, of Hemet, driving a green 1997 Toyota Tercel, made an unsafe turn and hit a tree on Highway 243, three-tenths of a mile north of Highway 74, according to the California Highway Patrol report. Crow was arrested for driving under the influence…
