Brendan Steele’s 70-68-66-74 — 278 tied for 30th at the Quicken Loans National in Gainesville, Virginia, last week. He picked up 37 FedExCup points and more than $38,000 in official prize money. He now stands 56th on the FedExCup points list and 67th on the money list for this season. He ranks 101st in the…
Southern California Edison has announced that two major power outages will occur in the Idyllwild and Pine Cove area in August, according to Louis Davis, SCE’s regional manager of local public affairs. The first will be from 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, through 5 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20. The second will be one week later,…
On the way to provide assistance fighting the Rocky Fire in Northern California, the Idyllwild Fire Department’s brush truck 621 had “catastrophic engine failure,” said Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz. The IFPD commission held an emergency meeting Monday morning, Aug. 3, and unanimously granted Reitz authority to authorize repairs up to $40,000 to the truck….
A torrential rainstorm passed over the Hill Thursday, July 30. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station recorded 1.13 inches of rain between 1:30 and about 6 p.m. This is 50 percent more than the long-term average of 0.7 inches of rain during the entire month of July. The Town Crier, a CoCoRaHS moisture collector,…
Sept. 29 is the re-scheduled date for the community meeting to discuss the benefit of seeking the Riverside County’s approval to apply the state’s Mills Act to the local historic district. The Local Review Board of the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District had originally planned the meeting in June but had to unexpectedly cancel it. The…
U.S. Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz, less than halfway through his second term, continues to receive substantial campaign contributions. Through the end of June, Ruiz had $820,000, of which $433,700 was from April 1 through June 30. At this point two years ago, Ruiz had raised $812,000 for his first re-election campaign. He went on to…
Erec VonSeggern, son of Paul and Merrie VonSeggern of Idyllwild, made the dean’s list at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Students are recognized with dean’s list honors for maintaining a cumulative 3.4 grade point average or higher for the full academic year. Eric is a is 2013 graduate of Hemet High School … Alexae Visel,…
A torrential rainstorm passed over the Hill Thursday, July 30. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station recorded 1.13 inches of rain between 1:30 p.m. and about 6 p.m. This 50 percent more than the long-term average of .7 inches of rain during the entire month of July. In 2015, Keenwild has received about 3.4…
A traffic accident claimed the life of a person in the early morning hours of Friday, July 31. The accident occurred on Highway 74, near Scenic Drive in Piñyon, at about 2:45 a.m. A passenger vehicle left the road and landed about 40 feet below. Two passengers escaped, but Cal Fire confirmed one fatality. The…
Caltrans continues work on Interstate 10 at Tex Wash Bridge, near Desert Center. Demolition of the collapsed eastbound bridge was completed on Friday, July 31. The westbound bridge is open and being used by traffic for both directions of travel. Traffic delays have been minimal. The speed limit has been reduced to 45 miles per…
