Petitions for Redetermination of the Fire Prevention Fee were previously required to be sent to three locations. However, as a result of legislation passed last year, you now need only mail your Petition for Redetermination to Cal Fire or its designee. Currently, Cal Fire is instructing property owners to mail their petition to the agency’s Suisun…
Editor: My last meeting as president of the Pine Cove Water District board was last week, and it happened to coincide with a letter in the TC criticizing the board. So this seems a good time to offer some final thoughts about the district. Let me jump right to the conclusion: I believe the district…
Last week, the California Judicial Council changed the rules for people with traffic tickets. Bail cost, which is often the amount of the fine, will no longer be required before drivers can protest traffic tickets. The new rule will “… allow traffic infraction defendants to appear as promised for arraignment and trial without prior deposit…
Last week, different agencies conducted two lifesaving rescues in the San Jacinto wilderness area. The first occurred Wednesday, June 10. About 9:30 p.m., Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies from the Cabazon Station were dispatched to assist with a search and rescue on the Skyline Trail. Three hikers were reported to be dehydrated and unable to…
The Pine Cove Water District board last week unanimously approved several resolutions and actions dealing with financial matters. Approved were the traditional $30 stand-by fee, the 2015-16 budget, a rebate program and authority to lease space at PCWD’s Rocky Point communications facility to American Medical Response. Each of these was approved unanimously. During the public…
Mike Esnard, Pine Cove Water District president, resigned effective the end of the June 10 board meeting. “… I hereby am submitting my resignation, as I am leaving Southern California,” he wrote in his letter, which explains why he did not file to run for re-election this August. Pine Cove residents interested in completing Esnard’s…
The Local Review Board was planning to hold a public session to discuss the Mills Act with property owners within the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District but Riverside County postponed the 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, meeting and a new date has not been announced. The Mills Act provides property tax relief in exchange for an…
65 years ago – 1950 A new layout for the Idyllwild brochure was planned at a meeting of the Chamber’s Businessmen’s Committee. 60 years ago – 1955 State Park Ranger Frank Davies reported he would have a six-man crew working on the backcountry trails during summer. Extensive repairs were planned for the trails that were…
Paws up to all the four leggeds who have found their forever homes. Canines first. Peeta has new digs and a new name and is now a shop dog in Idyllwild. So we can visit him. Yay. Maggie, previously known as Katnis, has her new pack, a new mom, and is also a shop dog,…
By J.P. Crumrine News Editor and Jack Clark General Counsel Disagreements about how the current Riverside County grand jury conducts interviews and investigations have evolved into public litigation and a specific grand jury report highly critical of Gregory Priamos, the current Riverside County counsel. The dispute began this winter. In November 2014, Riverside County’s Auditor-Controller’s…
