

Rainbow over Mountain Center
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Driving home to Idyllwild on Monday evening, Sept. 5, Kristin Goffman saw this beautiful rainbow near Mountain Center. “What an amazing sight! A full bright rainbow and then slowly the double faint rainbow showed up just behind it. The picture doesn’t show the second rainbow but it does capture the joy on the kids’ (Garrett Goffman, 11, and Samantha Goffman, 5) faces,” Goffman wrote. Photo by Kristin Goffman

Yoichi Christopher Kido Jr., 32 of Idyllwild crashed his white Ford Focus into a power pole on South Circle near Scenic Dr. around 1 a.m. Thursday morning, completely severing the pole causing power lines to arch into both lanes of traffic. South Circle was closed in both directions. Kido was transported by Idyllwild Fire to Desert Regional Medical Center. According to CHP Officer Ron Esparza, Kido was arrested for driving under the influence.
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