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Fog starts rolling in Thursday afternoon as the rain begins to patter … Plants lean, as if to drink from the puddles the rain creates.





Two hit and run incidents took place on Hill roads last week. Both reports come from California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer’s reading of the narrative from the responding CHP officer. One involved suspected driving under the influence and then fleeing the scene after causing injury to another motorist. It occurred at 11:20…
On June 6, Joshua Benson, 21, of Idyllwild pled guilty to assault of a person by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (Penal Code 245 (A)(4)). He now faces three years in the state prison system. Benson had been arrested on May 25, two days after the incident, which occurred in front…
The board of the Friends of the San Jacinto Mountain County Parks seeks to raise member dues in order to help finance program expansion at the Nature Center. To do so, it must change a provision in its existing Articles of Incorporation that requires any bylaw modification for dues and assessments be approved by “the…
Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit responded on Sunday, Nov. 25, to reports of a hiker lost near the Cactus to Clouds trail near the mountaintop station of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Relatives alerted authorities around 10:40 p.m. when the hiker, identified as Louis E. Perez of Corona, failed to…
For the first time since 2015, when Riverside County awarded the emergency ambulance service contract to American Medical Response (AMR), the county’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency has denied AMR’s request to extend the contract’s expiration date. Each year, AMR submits an annual report that EMS uses to review compliance with the contract and whether…
Commissioner Paul Riggi conducted a brief and efficient meeting in his final role as Idyllwild Fire Protection District vice president. Overseeing a special meeting, the commission elected officers, at least, until the new full commission meets on Dec. 13 and approved a resolution for a fire equipment grant. Commissioner Jeannine Charles-Stigall was chosen president, Dr….