Editor: I have been asking, month after month for the Pine Cove Water District board to change, with the same message they still refuse to hear. Please act now to ensure water security in the future. Don’t refuse to hear years of warnings from experts, scientists and state engineers. Anyone who’s lived here any length…
“Water consumption is down. People here are environmentally sensitive,” General Manager Tom Lynch last week told John Cook and Warren Monroe, the directors who serve as members of the Rules and Regulations Committee of the Idyllwild Water District. However, as water consumption declines, so do the district’s revenues, lamented the directors and particularly Chief Finance…
Fuel abatement in historical burn areas is an ongoing responsibility of firefighting management and crews. Wednesday, June 3, Cal Fire and Riverside County Fire personnel thinned vegetation on 4.4 miles of the Poppet Flat Truck Trail. Part of ongoing projects throughout the county to thin fire fuel and create shaded fuelbreaks, the work is…
The California Legislature is considering several bills that will have major consequences throughout the state and on the Hill. Assistance with dying The Senate approved a bill that would permit a terminally ill and medically competent patient to receive a prescription for a drug to aid in their death. There are several requirements, such…
Obituary Esperanza “Hope” Jurado 1940-2015 Esperanza “Hope” Jurado was born in El Paso, Texas, on June 16, 1940, and entered eternal life in Heaven Friday, May 22, 2015. “My home was up for sale in the city of Hemet,” states Felix Gallo, “and I knew there was no one else that I would rather have…
Check scammers trick victims by mailing counterfeit checks in the victim’s name, claiming they overpaid for some service or purchase. The scammers then request that the overpaid money can be returned by way of a money order or cash. The scammer offers to buy an item for several hundred dollars (or more), but uses a…
On Sunday, a brush fire in Garner Valley was reported about 1:45 p.m. The U.S. Forest Service, along with units from Cal Fire, Riverside County and the Idyllwild Fire Department, responded and the Ranch Fire was contained shortly after 4 p.m. The fire was located near Fobes Ranch Road and the burn was limited to…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for the past week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls, Sunday to Saturday, May 24 to 30. Idyllwild • May 31 — Noise complaint, 52000 block of Double View Dr. Handled by deputy. • June 1…
Travis Glauser, 37, of Palm Desert, was traveling eastbound on Highway 74 at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 4, when he lost control of his 2006 Triumph motorcycle, laying it down within the roadway near Big Horn Drive in Palm Desert (mile marker 85.4). Glauser was ejected from the motorcycle and was pronounced dead at…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for the past week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls, Sunday to Saturday, June 7 to 13. Idyllwild • June 7 — Alarm call, Glen Rd. Handled by deputy. • June 7 — Glen Rd. Handled…
