News of Record: June 6, 2019

Cal Fire/ Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • June 3 — Vehicle...

Weather and resulting road closures postpone several Idyllwild events

The winter storms severely damaged two local highways, both of which remain partially or fully closed. Highway 74 between Mountain Center and...

Traffic crash on 243

According to CHP Officer Mike Murawski, Dottie Goldfarb, 87 of Idyllwild was traveling northbound on Highway 243 near lower Saunders Meadow...

Winter and spring weather delays fire season

The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho is predicting that the fire season in Southern California could be above normal...

Two local men arrested for burglary

Left: James McMahon from his Facebook page. Right: A mugshot of Michael Kellner from 2014. Photo courtesy Riverside County Sheriff’s...

Community meeting on highway closures on Thursday, June 13

Near mile post 16.5, Ames Construction, the Caltrans contractor, has to dig up the road surface on Highway 243 to...

Winter in May slowly giving way to warmer, drier weather

On Sunday, May 26, snow fell on the Hill. Flurries were seen in Idyllwild, but more than 3 inches (melted here)...

Break-in at Ferro restaurant

Ferro restaurant’s trashed office showing the 500-pound safe that a burglar or burglars tried to remove through the too-small window. ...

State grants more funds to combat oak borer

Last week, Andrea Hefty of the U.S. Forest Service conducted training on the Gold-spotted oak borer at the Mountain Resource Center. Photo...

Mountain Fire federal lawsuit appears near settlement

In July 2013, the Mountain Fire caused the evacuation of much of the Hill. The fire originated on property owned by Tarek...
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