“We’ve found four more trees positive with goldspotted oak borer infestation,” said Greg Bratcher, unit forester for Cal Fire on the Hill. The newest trees confirmed with GSOB are in the Saunders Meadows, High Castle and Marion View areas. “I’m pleased that so far we’ve only found four additional trees,” said Kevin Turner, GSOB coordinator…

Directors of the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce face a suit in Superior Court that charges them with fraud. The complaint, filed Aug. 6, charges directors with fraud and alleges that directors “had actually embezzled the majority of the Chamber’s Monument Preservation Fund.” The complaint, filed “Pro Per” (Latin for “propria persona,” “for onself”) ostensibly by…

With another unsuccessful search for Roy Prifogle, the newspaper contacted the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) media information bureau (MIB) and asked if there would be any more upcoming searches for the remaining four missing people — Melissa Lane, Prifogle, Lydia “Dia” Abrams and Diana Perez Gonzalez — in the Idyllwild and surrounding areas. As…

The strong winds, Saturday, Dec. 26, blew steadily all morning in Idyllwild. Gusts were between 40 and 50 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service sites. But about noon, a tree fell in Fern Valley and much of that neighborhood lost electrical power. As of Monday morning, according to Southern California Edison, about…