

Angel Tree up at BBVA
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The HELP Center’s Angel Tree is now up at BBVA Compass Bank. Colleen Meyer (left), client services administrator for the Idyllwild HELP Center, put up the Angel Tree with help from her children Brynnley, Caden (being held) and Peyton Manchee. Bank Manager Jeri Sue Haney was on hand for support. The Angel Tree has gift tags listing children’s wishes for Christmas. Pick a tag, purchase the gift, then drop it off at the HELP Center.

About 5:35 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Oct. 14, a white Chrysler 300 was traveling northbound on Highway 243 near Marian View Drive. It speed was approximately 45 miles per hour. As the driver started to enter the turn near Marian View Dr., he didn’t complete the turn causing him to continue straight ahead, then sideswiping a…
Friends of the San Jacinto Valley Naturalists and bird nesting-box specialists Samantha Dempster and Dan Lace will take hikers to some of the 45 nesting boxes in the San Jacinto Wildlife Area and show how to inspect, clean and survey the boxes. Information will be provided on how to install and maintain nesting boxes and…
An Idyllwild man was given two years probation Tuesday, Feb. 15, after pleading guilty to two counts of child exploitation Monday, Dec. 6, in a Riverside County Superior Court.The Riverside County District Attorney’s (DA) Child Exploitation Team arrested Ryan Christopher Lujan, 26, of Idyllwild on April 8, 2021, with the DA’s office charging him with…
The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that heavy rainfall and flash flooding will become more likely over parts of the Southwest. Saturday night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 60. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a…
Riverside County continues the fight against HIV/AIDS through increasing awareness, prevention and providing life-saving support to those affected. “Medical advancements have allowed those with HIV and AIDS to live longer and fuller lives but the work is not done,” said Dr. Geoffrey Leung, Riverside County public health officer. “We want to remember and mourn those…
Two years and 365 days after the July 15, 2013, start of the Mountain Fire that destroyed several Hill homes and structures, and evacuated thousands of residents, the federal government has sued Tarek M. Al-Shawaf, and James and Donna Nowlin of Mountain Center for in excess of $24 million in damages. The suit was filed…