Idyllwild Town Crier marks 65th anniversary
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Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Here is one of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire responded to recently. • Nov. 22 — Vegetation fire, morning. Mt. San Jacinto State Wilderness. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Nov. 18 to 24. Idyllwild • Nov. 18 —…
Officials with the San Bernardino National Forest raised the Fire Danger Rating Level to “Very High” on Tuesday, June 28. This change is based on prolonged hot and dry weather, below normal live and dead fuel moistures, and forest-wide severe drought conditions. As visitors were preparing to celebrate 4th of July festivities outdoors, the San…
Last week, town roads were completely torn up due to the county repaving project. Detours were present only when it was too late to compensate and traffic control was non-existent. Not only were residents frustrated, so were business owners. The work was originally scheduled to coincide with the work on Highway 74 to ensure the…
Idyllwild has free shuttle service that began in September of this year. It is funded by a grant from the Riverside County Transportation Commission, renewable each fiscal year for a total of three years. For the grant to renew in July 2016 and 2017, the shuttle service must show ongoing and regular use. Idyllwild is…
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake 6 miles north-northwest of Idyllwild at 11:39 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17 at a depth of 7.8 miles.A 2.4-magnitude followed at 8:44 a.m. about 6 miles north-northwest of Idyllwild.USGS also reported a 3.9-magnitude earthquake at 7:19 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 14 miles east-southeast of Anza. The earthquake…
Both Idyllwild and Pine Cove water districts will have summer campaigns to fill seats on their boards. As of the Friday, May 29, deadline, five people — Jim Billman, Dean Lattin, Steven Kunkle, Warren Monroe and June Rockwell — have qualified for the August mail-in ballot. Three seats are available. Billman, the board president, Lattin…