Idyllwild resident Julia Romero, 17, was severely injured in a head-on, hit-and-run automobile crash on Friday, March 31. The other driver also was arrested for DUI. Prior to the crash Julia was an honors student at Hemet High School and a star runner on the girls track team. Julia is finishing rehabilitation at Totally Kids…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 23 to 29. Idyllwild • April 23 — Two alarm calls, 24000 block of Fern Valley Rd. Handled by deputy. • April 23 — Alarm call, Middle Ridge Dr. Handled by deputy. • April 23 — Suspicious…
Medical care in the U.S. is so much more expensive than every other country. How can we fix that? A dollar in U.S. medical spending looks like this: 31 cents goes to hospitals, 20 cents to doctors and clinical services, other personnel get 15 cents, prescription drugs account for 10 cents, nursing care and home…
Editor: Ron West’s comments on the medical system reflect several misunderstandings. 1. You can’t “reduce pay to physicians.” They are not, for the most part, anyone’s employees. They are independent business people. If you cut reimbursement from programs such as Medicare or Medicaid (or private insurance, for that matter) they are not required to accept…
By Marsha Kennedy Idyllwild Snow Group “Idy, Pine Cove and Fern Valley suffered an invasion tantamount to a disaster. Our roads were icy and the invaders weren’t prepared, didn’t know how to drive in the snow and didn’t care. Our Mountain Community Patrol was called out to help with some roads in Fern Valley that…
A couple of Saturdays ago, Jack drove to Menifee to buy a trailer for hauling newspapers up from the desert. The newspapers put too much strain on his Subaru Forester’s weight capacity. The trailer relieves this. I stayed on the Hill but not, as I usually might, at home. I got dressed and drove out…
The Fern Creek Medical Center, in conjunction with the Idyllwild Library, continues its lecture series about chronic health conditions. Next, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, is a presentation about high blood sugar, diabetes and obesity. Topics to be examined at the lecture include: why obesity is a disease of inflammation; why dieting is not…
I received a few responses to last week’s question. First, let’s get this irreverent one out of the way. Jim Marsh, famous as the architect for the Idyllwild Community Center, wrote, “Not much to explain. I’ve always had low self-esteem, but you can’t really blame me. How would you feel if you had to stare…
At its April 26 meeting, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission addressed a wide variety of issues. A preliminary presentation of next year’s budget was followed by a long discussion of what the commission should do in the aftermath of the defeat of Measure W, the proposal to increase parcel fees, a review of administrative…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney held on Friday, April 21, at The Legends Golf Course at Temeku Hills, Temecula. It was a beautiful spring day and the hilly course was in good shape. Dennis Chavez (course handicap 9) shot a net 65…
