Fairway Market closed its doors during the planned power outage on Friday. Manager Diana Johnson, pictured, worked through the outage. Idyllwild went without power for several hours. Several businesses, including Idyllwild Chevron, stayed open, powering their stores with back-up generators. Photo by John Pacheco
Below left, during the planned power outage, Friday, April 4, Riverside Sheriff’s Department Capt. Ray Wood assigned additional deputies to patrol town until power returned. They were already here by 8:30 a.m. Photo by J.P Crumrine
Southern California Edison workers were doing maintenance and replacing equipment at the Idyllwild substation last week. This was the reason for Friday’s two-and-half-hour outage that extended all the way to north of Pine Cove. Photos by J.P. Crumrine
