Locals Ron Kimmerle, 49, and Taylor Dravenstatt, 20, are charged with felony burglary and receiving stolen property for crimes committed in the Idyllwild and Pine Cove areas. Both are in custody, linked to recent local property crimes by charges filed by the Riverside County district attorney. Both have pled not guilty. The court set bail…

Editor: The recent theft of the deer sculpture, among other unfortunate happenings around Idyllwild, has prompted me to question whether or not I am a good “community watcher.” As the chair for Idyllwild Deer Sightings, it made sense that I would notice the sculpture missing. What didn’t make sense was that, although the sculpture was…

As a follow-up to the Town Crier’s story about the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority’s (SAWPA) plan to explore the use of a weather modification program to augment rainfall in Southern California, Idyllwild Water District (IWD) invited Mark Norton, SAWPA water resources and planning manager, to discuss the concept and pilot project at IWD’s Dec….

The Coyote Creek segment of the San Jacinto Fault network, the most active fault network in Southern California, erupted at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 and was felt throughout much of the county. The epicenter of the 3.9 magnitude quake was 5.9 miles east of Borrego Springs. Scientists closely monitor this fault because of its…

Fuelbreak work should begin in fall The County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee was able, even briefly, to admire an accomplishment. The new Type 6 engine for Station 23 (Pine Cove) has arrived and is already in use. Just a year ago, the committee agreed with the Riverside County Fire Department’s proposal to…