

Vehicle overturns on Hwy. 243
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Idyllwild Fire Protection Department personnel and Idyllwild Volunteer Company 621 responded to a report of a single vehicle that overturned around 7:55 a.m. on Thursday morning on Hwy. 243 just before Marion View Drive. The occupant was transported to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Pleased and concerned over new IWD GM Dear editor:I was very pleased to read that the Idyllwild Water District (IWD) interim general manager (GM) talked about the importance of teamwork and team-building. I truly hope that means working with our current IWD team and not trying to solve problems by hiring and firing. It is…
Fire log Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, Sept. 21 to 27. Idyllwild • Sept. 22 — EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury, 5400 block of Maranatha. • Sept. 23 — EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury, Double View. • Sept. 23 — Medical assist, assist EMS crew,…
Yoichi Christopher Kido Jr., 32 of Idyllwild crashed his white Ford Focus into a power pole on South Circle near Scenic Dr. around 1 a.m. Thursday morning, completely severing the pole causing power lines to arch into both lanes of traffic. South Circle was closed in both directions. Kido was transported by Idyllwild Fire to Desert Regional Medical Center. According to CHP Officer Ron Esparza, Kido was arrested for driving under the influence.
The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) held its meeting at Town Hall in order to accommodate speakers from next year’s festivals and a hoped-for large audience of local merchants. The Chamber offered this networking opportunity to all local merchants, not just its members, hoping to afford them information about 2012 local festivals. Attendees would learn…
Last week, Peter Aldana, Riverside County’s assessor-county clerk-recorder, announced that the county’s total real estate assessment valuation has exceeded $400 billion for the first time. The 2023 assessment of $404 billion is $35 billion more than the 2022 total. Real estate assessments’ growth on the Hill was greater but below the countywide increase of 9.6%….
Editor’s note: Four directors for the Pine Cove Water District are on the August mail-in ballot. The terms for three — Board President Robert Hewitt, Joel Palmer and Lou Padula — expire in December. They and challenger Jeffery Kleefisch are on the ballot for four-year terms. The fourth director, Vicki Jakubac, replaced Tim Lange, who…