Sarah Wales was born and raised and is still living in Temecula. But she is now Idyllwild School’s new Resource Specialist. With an undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of California, San Diego, and teaching certification from Cal State University San Bernardino, Wales has always taught within the Hemet Unified School District system.  …

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has settled its state-court lawsuit against Tarek Al-Shawaff and his local employees, James and Donna Nowlin. The settlement was entered into and the lawsuit then dismissed as to those parties on Sept. 4, 2018. Although the Town Crier requested information from Ross Hirsch, deputy attorney…

Idyllwild Help Center (IHC) Client Services Administrator Skye Zambrana and her husband Mike are recovering from serious injuries they both suffered in a traffic collision Monday night, May 2. According to IHC Executive Director Colleen Meyer, the Zambranas, who moved to Hemet a year ago because they could not find housing in Idyllwild, were returning…

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is assisting in the search and rescue of a female hiker in the Idyllwild area, according to Deputy Robyn Flores of the media information bureau. The department received the report of the missing hiker at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The department’s helicopter has been searching on and off…