

PHOTO: Showers
By Jack Clark
Hill communities got a heavy dose of precipitation Tuesday and though the weather was cold, it wasn’t cold enough to snow.

At 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, Brett Mercer, 57, of Idyllwild, was driving eastbound on Highway 74 in a white 2001 Toyota Tundra at mile marker 57, west of the intersection with Highway 243, when, according to the California Highway Patrol report, a deer bolted into the highway and struck the right side of Mercer’s…
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies from the Cabazon Station responded to the Palm Springs Tramway at 6 p.m. Saturday after receiving a call of lost hikers. Kathy Standen of Rancho Palos Verdes reported that she and a friend, John Hadley of Rolling Hills, were lost on the mountain about 3 miles from the Palm Springs…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission met Tuesday afternoon, June 24, in a special session. The commission acknowledged receipt of the most recent grand jury report and held a closed session to consider the possible discipline, dismissal or release of an employee or employees. The individual or individuals were not identified. When asked if any…
Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, about 25 Pine Cove residents came out to listen to the candidates for the Pine Cove Water District board answer questions from the public. Besides an opening and closing statement, the three candidates — Diana Eskew, Sharon Kaffen and Tim Lange — responded to dozens of questions. The attendees wrote down…
The June 27 arraignment of one of two defendants accused of a 2006 triple homicide in Pinyon has been moved to July 18 in the Riverside County Superior Court in Indio. Robert Lars Pape, 25, was arrested March 11, 2014, for the Sept. 17, 2006 murders of Becky Friedl, 18, her mother, Vicki Friedli, 53,…
Editor’s note: This story ran in the Aug. 26, 2021 Idyllwild Town Crier. Since it is such an important issue and many new residents have moved to town, I thought it would be important to the community to revisit the issue. As of Aug. 5, Idyllwild Water District has spent 55% on the two studies…