Brendan Steele put together two good rounds so far this week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut to go into weekend play with a 4-under-par 68-68 — 136. He now stands tied for 17th, only four shots off the lead. The Idyllwild native came out smoking Friday with three consecutive birdies at the 2nd…
Office remains open five days a week A contentious item on the Fern Valley Water District board’s action agenda last Friday was approved by a vote of three to one. At issue was an original proposal to adopt a 4/10 schedule for the district (four days a week, 10 hours a day, Monday through…
Some changes from May proposal State legislators approved a fiscal year 2017-18 budget last Thursday, the deadline before they would have to forfeit their salaries. The budget follows closely the outlines of Gov. Jerry Brown’s May revision, but several major changes to the $125 billion budget were enacted, including a few items that do…
3.5 preliminary magnitude A shallow earthquake jolted Idyllwild at 8:14 a.m. Sunday June 18. The quake was centered 5 miles south-southwest of Idyllwild at a depth of 9.3 miles. This is the third “minor” earthquake to shake Idyllwild in 12 days, since Wednesday, June 7. Both earlier quakes were 3.2 magnitude, one the early…
Marc Kassouf, full-time Idyllwild resident and owner of the Stay Idyllwild Group of inns (Quiet Creek Inn and Strawberry Creek Inn), has been elected to the governing board of the Professional Association of Innkeepers International. PAII is a national professional organization with more than 800 members representing inns, bed and breakfasts, boutique hotels, vendors, associations…
Brendan Steele carded a 6-under-par 71-69-69-73 — 282 last week in the 117th U.S. Open at Erin Hills, Wisconsin, to garner a tie for 13th place. This was his best finish in a PGA Tour major since the PGA Championship in 2015, when he tied for 12th. It also was his eighth top-20 finish…
Shawn Gooch, 39, of Idyllwild, was arrested in October and in November pleaded guilty to the charge of inflicting corporal injury with a prior conviction within seven years. Sentencing was deferred until Gooch enrolled and completed a residential substance abuse treatment program. Earlier this month, the Riverside County Probation Department reported to the Superior Court…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, June 11 to 17. Idyllwild • June 11 — Alarm call, 0:04 a.m. Seneca Dr. Handled by deputy. • June 11 — Found property, 2:23 p.m. N. Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • June 12 — Alarm call,…
By Marsha Kennedy Idyllwild Snow Group Idyllwilders are, for the most part, an independent and resourceful sort. Residents have born the demands of snow-play visitors for many years. It’s just that in recent winters, the numbers have become so large and the behavior so undesirable that it’s time to rethink our responses. We win no…
Editor’s note: Chief Hawkins uses an imaginary, but realistic, scenario to describe the thought process and actions of an incident commander during a fire on the Hill. This will be the first of four articles explaining how a fire officer assesses, strategizes and tactically implements an incident action plan to combat a rapidly escalating, life-threatening…
