

Raven cause of brief power interruption
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Idyllwild suffered brief interruption of electric power on Monday morning when a raven landed on the Southern California Edison (SCE) Lower Pine Crest power substation. Photo by Cid Castillo

Four of the six people officially reported as missing with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) are still missing. The Town Crier contacted RCSD Monday morning for any updates on the cases regarding Roy Prifogle, Melissa Lane, Lydia “Dia” Abrams and Rosario Garcia. Correctional Sergeant Deanna Pecoraro responded by email, “At this time, we do…
About 8:15 a.m. Monday, June 11, the power went out from Azelea Trails in the north to Anza. About 30 minutes later, power was restored to Idyllwild. Later that morning, Southern California Edison was still troubleshooting its system to determine the cause, according to Susan Cox in the SCE corporate communications office. At that time,…
By Cal FireContributed Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Chief Shawn C. Newman reopened the seven hazardous fire danger hiking areas Tuesday, Dec. 10 to include: • Avery Canyon (Gibbel Road east of State Street in Hemet) • North Mountain and Indian Canyon (San Jacinto area) • Whitewater Canyon (Cabazon, north of Palm Springs) • Nuevo/Lakeview (east…
The name of the rider of the 2011 Honda motorcyle who died in a fiery crash on Sunday afternoon, April 27, has been released by the Riverside County Coroner’s office. Walter George Krumbach, 54, of El Segundo, was killed when he slammed into the driver’s side door of a 2014 Coachman RV, driven by Nancy…
Above, winners of this weekend’s American Legion Post 800 horseshoe tournament …
Idyllwild’s Charles “Chic” Fojtik, actor, retired Pepperdine University marketing professor and recent producer of the Tahquitz laser show, is a familiar avuncular and upbeat presence to townsfolk. But on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 28, he was not his usual upbeat, but literally upset. “I was the culprit who knocked down the monument sign Tuesday…