After seven long and grueling months, countless hours of searching by family, law enforcement and volunteers, handing out flyers, and missed birthdays and holidays, the family of Rosario Garcia can now have closure. Garcia’s remains were located 500 feet from her vehicle Jan. 24 by the Fowler-O’Sullivan Foundation (FOF) with the help of Western States…

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved (Supervisor Jeff Hewitt was absent) the proposed Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) without discussion or debate. The plan was submitted to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. The EOP, which the county Emergency Management Department (EMD) completed, is a major revision from the previous EOP, prepared in 2006….

At 6:10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Jesus Llanes, 24, of Chula Vista, overturned his vehicle after making an unsafe turn as he was going north on Highway 243, south of Twin Pines Road, according to the California Highway Patrol report. Llanes was driving a gray 2013 Hyundai, which was towed by Idyllwild Garage. No one…

On Sept. 19, the City of San Jacinto and the Idyllwild San Jacinto Regional Joint Powers Authority filed an action in Riverside County Superior Court (RIC 1612042). One of the several defendants is the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s resolution approving the joint powers agreement with San Jacinto. “Essentially, this is a validation suit. The JPA…

Between Thursday evening and Friday morning, Idyllwild Water District President Allan Morphett passed away in his home. Morphett, born March 1944, was 69. He had been an Idyllwild resident for many years. In May 2012, his wife, Maggie, passed away after a long bout with cancer. In 2003, he was elected to the IWD board…