The Idyllwild School cafeteria became a veritable library as a Book Fair was held Oct. 10-14 to benefit the school’s PTA. Photo by Cid Castillo

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  • PCPOA meeting Oct. 3

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    By Richard SchwartzPresident, PCPOA The Pine Cove Property Owners Association (PCPOA) will meet via zoom from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3.Members will receive invitations via email.Topics of discussion will include County Service Area 38’s current status. Michael Franklin, Riverside County EDA Development Manager for the Community and Cultural Services Division, will attend.Franklin was…

  • Bear spotting

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    This past week, a bear was seen in Garner Valley. The visitor spent time at the Tiso residence. “… hung out on our lawn at least three times over about four days. It ate our chickens, chewed our dogs bones and played with the dinosaur toys,” Alan Tiso wrote to the Town Crier. On Friday,…

  • Erica Dillon joins school faculty

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    Erica Dillon, wife of fourth-grade teacher Tom Dillon, joins the Idyllwild Elementary School faculty as kindergarten and transitional kindergarten teacher. Dillon taught kindergarten at Ramona Elementary School in Hemet, also part of the Hemet Unified School District, for 11 years. Both Erica and Tom recently moved to Idyllwild from Hemet, given their unified teaching assignments…

  • Zach Behrens heads SBNF media

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    Zach Behrens is the new public information officer for the San Bernardino National Forest, replacing John Miller who retired at the end of July. Behrens left the National Park Service’s Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to join the U.S. Forest Service. He also previously served as the acting public information officer at Sequoia and…

  • Body found along Highway 74 on Sunday

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    The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office received a call at about 10:45 a.m. Sunday from some hikers who saw a body along Highway 74. Shortly after, the California Highway Patrol also was called. The body of a female was found, and her decomposition had proceeded such that her race was not identifiable from observation. The Department’s…

  • Transient man sentenced for Silver Fire

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    After more than 10 years, a transient man responsible for starting the Aug. 7, 2013, Silver Fire in the Poppet Flats area pleaded guilty to 14 counts of recklessly and unlawfully setting fire to and burning, “and cause to be burned, an inhabited structure and inhabited property.” Stephen Patrick Medlock, 58, entered into a plea…