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On Friday evening, Dec. 5, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Cabazon Station responded to the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in the Mt. San Jacinto State Park and State Wilderness, after receiving a call of two lost hikers. The hikers stated they were lost after hiking around the trails at the…
The Rotary Club of Idyllwild is all-in on fire prevention with their latest project, “Great Abate.” Designed to enhance fire safety in the community, the initiative targets residents who cannot clear hazardous overgrowth around their properties due to circumstances like age, disability, or financial hardship. Rotarian Ygnacio “Nacho” Garcia, also a field supervisor for the…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, July 25 to 31. (IFPD has a new system of reporting and is working to include times in its logs.) • July 25 — EMS, treat & release, Maranatha Dr.• July 25 — Gas leak, Circle Dr.• July 26 — EMS…
Santa’s helpers (from left) Sherry Kaufman, Kelsi Lehman and Christina Edwards help Kaysa Garcia-Lande (front) send her letter to Santa.
By Chief Mark LaMontIdyllwild Fire Protection District I would like to thank our residents for their partnership, support and continued diligence throughout the 2019 abatement process. We had a record number of properties that passed our inspection process during the first inspection in April. We also had a record number of properties that passed the…
Steven Taylor Rutherford, 49, of Banning, pleaded guilty July 31 to 10 counts of arson. His sentencing hearing is Friday, Sept. 5. At the pleading, a sentence of 45 years was recommended, according to Riverside County Superior Court records. In June, Rutherford had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 13 counts. The court…