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UPDATE 3:15 P.M. The scene has been cleared. An overturned motorhome on Highway 74 was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 10:22 a.m. this morning. The westbound lane is blocked just east of Keen Camp Summit. One-lane traffic control will be used until the vehicle is moved. Local towing companies Idyllwild Garage and Anza…
Cal Fire/Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • March 21 — Residential fire, 11:39 a.m., 52000 block of Hwy. 74, Mountain Center. Interior destroyed. • March 22 — Medical aid, 9:43 a.m. Lake Hemet Campground. • March 24 — Medical aid, 3:07 p.m. Lake Hemet Campground. •…
‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ revisited By Jack and Becky Clark Co-publishers Town Crier readers began stepping to the plate the very day after we printed the article “Does the Town Crier have a future?” in last week’s newspaper. This very much reminds us of the final scene from “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the classic 1946…
Pine Cove voters continue to express their satisfaction with incumbents on the Water District’s board. All three — Board President Robert Hewitt, Lou Padula, and Joel Palmer — were easily re-elected to another four-year term. Challenger Jeffery Kleefisch finished with 60 votes (or 12.1 percent of the ballots cast) well behind the three incumbents who…
The Riverside County District Attorney’s office has charged Ron Kimmerle, 49, of Pine Cove, with four felony counts, two for burglary and two for receiving stolen property. Kimmerle remains in custody at Southwest Detention Center in Murietta pending a June 1 felony settlement conference.
On Wednesday, May 6, a motorcycle crash closed Highway 74 above the Cahuilla Tewanet Vista Point for an hour in both directions. The incident occurred at about 4:25 p.m. when Bryce Militi, 29, of Palm Desert, was riding a 2009 Kawasaki Ninja eastbound on Highway 74, 4.2 miles west of Cahuilla Drive in Pinyon. According…