Chief Hewitt was born and raised in Southern California. Within two weeks of his graduation from Duarte High School in Los Angeles County, near the San Gabriel Mountains, Hewitt was on the Oak Grove Hot Shots team. That was the first step in his career goal of becoming a firefighter. From the age of 5 or 6, Hewitt knew that is what he wanted to become.
On Saturday, Feb. 18, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit responded to a report of two hikers lost near Soboba Hot Springs. Sheriff’s deputies responded at 6:32 p.m. and RMRU volunteer Lou Kingman of Redlands and the Sheriff’s aviation unit spotted the hikers around 8 p.m. Kingman was lowered in and both [...]
Interim Idyllwild Fire Chief Mike Sherman continued to bring budget warnings to the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s meetings. At Tuesday’s meeting, he first alerted the commission that the 2011-12 ambulance revenue estimate of $335,000 was unlikely to be achieved. “You’ve never received more than $240,000 in [ambulance] revenue,” Sherman said. “Through December, we’ve collected about [...]
On Thursday, Feb. 16, owners Dr. Kenneth Browning and his wife, Sandy Browning, celebrate the grand opening of Fern Creek Medical Center.
In its first meeting since December, the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors discussed a need to rebuild its board and create a long-term plan for promoting local commerce and increasing the chamber’s overall health. Since quorum was not met, the board could take no action. As previously reported in the Town Crier, Nick [...]
An apparent surge in burglaries is occurring throughout the Idyllwild area. A review of incident reports received from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Hemet Station, shows that crimes to property (burglary, attempted burglary, vehicle theft, grand theft and felony vandalism) increased substantially in recent weeks compared to 2010 and 2011. Property crimes grew marginally in [...]
Do you know what to do in the event your beloved pet is choking or bleeding? Is bitten by a snake? Stops breathing? …
The fourth quarter groundwater monitoring report of the underground plume of hydrocarbons along Highway 243, southwest of the Shell and Chevron gasoline stations, indicates continued declining levels. The December 2011 monitoring of ground water of the Shell Station), site of a former leaking underground fuel tank (LUFT), again detected virtually no contaminants. In his summary [...]
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Monday, Feb. 20, to observe Presidents Day: Area post offices BBVA Compass Bank Fern Valley Water District Hemet Unified School District (Closed Feb. 20-24.) Idyllwild Library Idyllwild Water District Pine Cove Water District Riverside County offices U.S. Forest Service These will be open: Fern Creek Medical Center [...]
The Idyllwild Library has California and federal tax forms available free of charge. The Library hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The address is 54185 Pinecrest Ave.
