Idyllwild Town Crier marks 65th anniversary
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Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for last week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, March 20 to 26. Idyllwild • March 20 — Alarm call, 24000 block of Fern Valley Rd. Handled by deputy. • March 21 — Alarm…
Another power outage occured on the Hill Wednesday. Around noon, a tree fell on house in Pine Cove (near Marion Ridge Road and Highgrove). Initially more than 1,000 customers were affected. Power has been restored to some Southern California Edison customers, but homes near the incident will be without power longer. Photos courtesy of Becky…
Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 12, a woman was killed in a single-vehicle, over-the-side crash at about milepost 57.9 on Highway 74, a 1/4 mile west of McGaugh Road. Her 2006 Mazda convertible was traveling westbound when it was reported going off the roadway at 2:01 p.m. Traffic on the highway was one-lane and escorted for at…
An invasive mosquito that has the potential to carry yellow fever and other diseases has been detected in San Jacinto, one of 35 California cities where it has been located, according to a Riverside County press release. A resident in south San Jacinto brought an adult mosquito to the Riverside County Vector Control program staff…
The litigative battle between California State Attorney General Rob Bonta, and Riverside County Sheriff, Chad Bianco, continues actively in the State’s courts. And the media has filed a lawsuit also. Meanwhile, Bianco’s actual investigation of alleged voter fraud in the November 2025 special election for Proposition 50 is on hold while the Courts resolve their…...
The allocation of funding for hazardous fuels projects and how the U.S. Forest Service sets its priorities for this work was questioned in a report last month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General spent more than year reviewing the program and visiting regional offices, national forest offices and several ranger districts, including…