On Tuesday, March 20, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors will hold a workshop on the county’s cannabis ordinances and regulation, according to county officials. “It’s a workshop and not intended to produce an ultimate decision,” said Jeff Comerchero, chief of staff for Supervisor Chuck Washington, board chair from the 3rd District. “The question to…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, March 4 to 10. Idyllwild • March 4 — Unknown trouble, 7:41 a.m., 25000 block of Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy. • March 4 — Alarm call, 9:59 a.m., North Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • March 4…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney on Friday, Feb. 16, at the Menifee Lakes Country Club. Scott Schroeder (course handicap 20) shot a net 68 for first place; Bob Wadlow (14) took second with a net 69. Ken Garelick (24) earned third…
70 years ago – 1948 Fire quickly burned more than an acre on the mountainside below Suicide Rock. The snow was too deep to allow pumpers to get close to the fire. 65 years ago – 1953 ISOMATA was growing fast. Enrollment was expected to reach 500 students and the 40 faculty members would equal…
Howard Jarvis plans to appeal litigation dismissal The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has filed a notice that it intends to appeal the December state Superior Court decision to dismiss the fire prevention fee litigation. Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang agreed with the state’s argument that the case had exceeded its limit of five years without any…
By Marsha Kennedy Idyllwild Snow Group The effectiveness of new county road signs and the Idyllwild Snow Group’s Facebook campaign was given a test two weekends ago, as Idyllwild received a large influx of people who came up expecting snow. Here’s a sampling of reports from residents: “I was shocked to see so many snow-play…
By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers Along with a Membership application, we received a short note from Peter Buerkle describing himself as “your longest continuous subscriber – 1946,” the year of the TC’s first issue. That would seem to make him quite young when he subscribed. But perhaps he is nearly a nonagenarian, and if…
By Brian J. Hunhoff Editor’s note: In honor of Sunshine Week, we are running this year’s opinion piece from Brian J. Hunhoff on the subject, as we did last year. “Captain Jack” Crawford was one of the original Black Hills Rangers. He survived many Old West adventures and was called “The Poet Scout.” This is…
Editor: In the 1990s, public-school educators did not think or need to say, “We are not warriors, we are teachers.” No one talked about how to “shelter in place” in the classroom, inside door locks were non-existent, shooting drill practices never occurred and training in “critical incident debriefing” wasn’t necessary. During that time, as a…
Editor: I was hanging out in the gnome shop at The Fort in Idyllwild Sunday morning and it came to me why the president is meeting with the North Korean dictator. It’s obvious, once you think about it. Mr. Trump stated a while back that he wants to have a grand parade in DC to…
