Starting Friday, Feb. 9, campsites at Jumbo Rocks and Cottonwood Campgrounds in Joshua Tree National Park were available by reservation only. To reserve a site at either campground, visitors can visit www.recreation.gov/ or call 877-444-6777. Reservations must be made at least 48 hours in advance and can be made up to five months in…
Riverside County Fire Department/Cal Fire received a report of an injured adult hiker at 4:26 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The female hiker suffered an injury to a lower extremity. Seven personnel responded. No further information was available.
About 17 months after the U.S. Bureau of Land Management adopted the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, which applies to about 10.8 million acres of Southern California desert, the current administration wants to consider changes to the plan. Earlier this month, BLM announced it would consider recommendations to amend the plan to allow more opportunities…
At 6:10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Jesus Llanes, 24, of Chula Vista, overturned his vehicle after making an unsafe turn as he was going north on Highway 243, south of Twin Pines Road, according to the California Highway Patrol report. Llanes was driving a gray 2013 Hyundai, which was towed by Idyllwild Garage. No one…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Feb. 4 to 10. Idyllwild • Feb. 4 — Assist other department, 12:10 p.m., 25000 block of Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy. • Feb. 5 — Public disturbance, 12:11 p.m., address undefined. Handled by deputy. • Feb. 5…
The U.S. Forest Service started a pile burn Tuesday, Feb. 13, along the Pine Cove Fuel Break. On Monday, the Forest Service completed a burn near the Vista Grande Fire Station on Highway 243, about mid-way between Banning and Idyllwild. At Vista Grande, the Forest Service burned three piles of slash. However, at Pine Cove,…
Another member ups Membership By Becky & Jack Clark Co-publishers Once, again, it has happened that, after establishing a Membership at one level, a reader has upped their Membership to a higher level. To us, this means that readers are continuing to consider how important a newspaper is to them and to our Hill. Very…
Editor: It is now one month since my letter was published requesting local chiropractors to join the provider list for the Veterans Choice program. As of this morning, none of the chiropractors have been added to the list. To their credit, both medical clinics and one physical therapy office are on the list. That leaves…
Editor: Back in 2007, as I was grieving the passing of my beloved orange female tabby cat Sesame, Jane from Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild said to me, “When you’re ready, there’s this wonderful orange cat named Pierre I’d like you to meet.” Eleven years ago today, Feb. 9, I walked into ARF, said “Hi,…
