According to witnesses and the California Highway Patrol website incident information, Ryan Nick Smith, 24 of Pine Cove, was involved in a solo traffic collision in his black 2004 Suzuki at approximately 2:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, Nov. 1 on North Circle Drive near intersection with River Dr. Smith was transported with injuries to Desert Regional…

A female Pacific Crest Trailer hiker, Konstanze, 35, of Austria, was hiking with a small group near San Jacinto Peak on Wednesday, March 28, when she slipped and injured her knee. It seemed to be fine, but once they stopped at the emergency hut near the peak, she could no longer move it or put any weight on it. 

The California Department of Transportation began work this week on a Highway 371 left-turn lane project. The work will be from 0.2 miles west of Bahrman Road to 0.03 miles west of Bailiff Road. The project will construct left-turn lanes for both directions of travel on Highway 371. The $520,000 project, awarded to All American…