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In the past month, there have been an unusual number of health alerts and warnings in California. They tend to be limited to the State, and none have occurred in Riverside County. As a safeguard, readers should be aware of what is occurring in the State. Whooping Cough As of the end of September, 1,744…
A fire that can be seen from these mountains is burning east of Julian. The Banner Fire started at 10:43 Thursday morning and is at about 100 acres. It is threatening the communities of Whispering Pines and Kentwood where 200 homes are being evacuated this afternoon. Highway 78 at Manzanita Drive and Manzanita Drive at Lakeview Drive…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Feb. 25 to March 4, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Feb. 27 — Medical aid, Saunders Meadow Road, Idyllwild. Feb. 27 — Medical aid, Deerfoot Lane, Idyllwild. Feb. 28 — Medical aid, Marian View Drive, Idyllwild. March 3 — Medical aid,…
Our readers must decide On June 28, 2013, our small, close corporation purchased the Town Crier, which had not made any money during the previous four-and-one-half years. We had one objective: to save the newspaper on our Hill. We could not imagine our community without one. Three weeks later, our online coverage of the Mountain…
On Wednesday, May 20, John Petty resigned his position as Riverside County 3rd District planning commissioner. His specific reason was “apparent incompatibility between newly appointed Supv. Chuck Washington and me.” His letter to Marion Ashley, Board of Supervisors chair, stated, “ … for nearly 17 years, through many difficult cases, and through one of the…
At 3:55 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, a collision occurred on Highway 243 north of Highway 74. Jeremy Duy-Thy-Pham Vo, 23, of Moreno Valley, while driving a blue 2008 Nissan 350Z southbound on Highway 243, had a collision with a vehicle driven by Dennis Patrick McGuire, 72, of Idyllwild, driving a gray 2002 Honda Civic, also…