10:56 A.M. UPDATE: The Mountain Fire did not destroy Mountain Center. At this time, we do not know if any structures in that area were affected. However, vegetation on both sides of Highway 243 were destroy.









PHOTOS: Mountain Center fire photos
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10:56 A.M. UPDATE: The Mountain Fire did not destroy Mountain Center. At this time, we do not know if any structures in that area were affected. However, vegetation on both sides of Highway 243 were destroy.









Riverside County Fire Department/CAL FIRE reported at 10:50 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 23 the death of a male hiker on the Ernie Maxwell Trail. Responding personnel performed resuscitation efforts but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. A Sheriff’s Department press release later in the day stated Hemet Station had received a call for assistance…
A prospective Idyllwild business was on the agenda for the Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting last week. The board was being asked to “…make a determination of public convenience and necessity” for granting a state Department of Alcohol, Beverage and Control license to an Idyllwild business. Cal ABC regulations limit the number of licenses…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, March 28 to April 3. • March 28 — EMS call, provide advanced life support 6:07 p.m. Hwy. 317.• March 29 — EMS call, provide ALS, 1:05 p.m. Alderwood St.• March 29 — Public service assist, 1:28 p.m. Maranatha Dr.• April…
Charles “Chic” Fojtik and wife Pamela were firework show devotees prior to moving to the Hill. Pamela, who died on Christmas Day 2016, missed the fireworks but loved living on the Hill after moving here from the South Bay in 2004. Fojtik, along with friend, gallery owner and former Art Alliance President Gary Kuscher, hope…
The Santa Clarita Valley Police Department arrested Timothy Arthur Jones, 32, after a vehicle pursuit on Wednesday, May 17. In arrest reports, Jones is both identified as a transient and as an Idyllwild resident. One of the deputies was patrolling in Stevenson Ranch on Faulkner Lane in Santa Clarita and noticed a vehicle driving erratically….
Cal Fire/Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • Feb. 26 — Medical aid, 8:19 p.m. Thousand Trails. • March 3 — Medical aid, 9:45 p.m., 54000 block of Pine Crest Ave. Idyllwild Fire Here are some of the calls Idyllwild Fire responded to recently. • Feb. 25…