CHP resident officer Ron Esparza retires

California Highway Patrol Officer Ron Esparza is retiring. Since 1999, Esparza has served the Idyllwild Area Post. He and his wife Karleen have been...

19 rattlesnakes caught on private property this week

Better Wildlife Control owner Tracy Phillipi said he has captured 19 rattlesnakes on residents’ property in the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area this week. Five were...

Highway 243 between Idyllwild and Pine Cove to be closed Wednesday, July 6 for...

The California Department of Transportation will close Highway 243 next Wednesday, July 6, to complete a rock scaling operation. The work was identified earlier...

CSA 36 schedules meeting

The revived County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee has scheduled its first meeting for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 8 at Town Hall. The agenda, which...

Authorized campgrounds and picnic areas in other SBNF ranger districts

San Bernardino National Forest fire officials have exempted certain campgrounds and picnics areas from the prohibition for building, maintaining, attending or using a fire,...

Forest Service raises fire restrictions in San Bernardino National Forest

As June ends and fire season begins, the San Bernardino National Forest will implement seasonal fire restrictions effective today, June 30. “Monthly and seasonal weather...

Piñyon resident accused of arson

Cal Fire investigators made two arson arrests on Wednesday, June 29. Both individuals are Riverside County residents and the arson incidents were unrelated. Traci Farley,...

News of Record: June 30, 2016

Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for last week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls...

Pinyon homicide arraignments postponed again

Twice, arraignments for Robert Pape, 28, and Cristin Smith, 27, have been re-scheduled. The latest arraignment was for June 21 and a new time...

Brian Tisdale, Lake Elsinore mayor, arrested and released on bail: Member of supervisor’s staff

Monday afternoon, June 20, Brian Tisdale, mayor of Lake Elsinore and a member of 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington’s staff, was arrested on two...
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