One collision occurred on Highway 74 last week, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.On Oct. 6 at 11:15 a.m., Steven Lynn Gamblin, 60 of Tustin, was driving his white 2013 Chevrolet Silverado eastbound on Highway 74 near mile marker 55 at about 35 mph.For unknown reasons, Gamblin drifted off the roadway…

Riverside County is still in the orange tier of the state’s tier system. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently stated the state would open up June 15 if “vaccine supply is sufficient for Californians 16 years and older who wish to be inoculated” and hospitalization numbers remain low. He also said the June 15 date would be…

Over the past two months in this column, we’ve elaborated on our statement of the Town Crier’s tasks, i.e., serving as a community watchdog that publishes the good news with the bad, warns of danger, advises of opportunity, challenges authority, praises accomplishment, investigates irregularity, marvels at art, exposes abuse, celebrates lives and publishes its readers’…

The Idyllwild Water District directors held a marathon meeting Wednesday, Oct. 17. While only eight audience members attended and their comments contributed to the four-and-a-half-hour meeting, the board itself carefully and patiently covered a variety of issues. Familiar topics such as water quality and the Consolidation Committee, new topics such a public hearing for entering…

At the Sept. 9 Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting, the two major subjects were the process to take wood waste to the local transfer station and trees dead or dying from insect attacks. Waste Management is now charging residents $60 to take waste “… they deem to be construction,” said Edwina Scott, Mountain Communities Fire…