
The heavy, wet snow broke this black oak tree branch that blew the back window of Bev Tyner’s car on Cougar Road Friday, May 15.
Photo courtesy Bev Tyner
Tree branch causes damage
By Idyllwild Town Crier

The heavy, wet snow broke this black oak tree branch that blew the back window of Bev Tyner’s car on Cougar Road Friday, May 15.
Photo courtesy Bev Tyner
Once again, the Town Crier wishes to thank its advertisers for helping save a real newspaper for our community. The Town Crier offers advertising discounts to advertisers choosing one-year advertising contracts. These contracts help our newspaper plan revenues ahead of time. Currently, there are 11 contracting advertisers: Art Alliance of Idyllwild (Donna Elliott); Fern Creek…
The March 15 felony settlement conference for Neil Cooper was continued until April 5 at the request of his counsel, Deputy Public Defender Marni Bender. The District Attorney’s Office did not object. Cooper, 41, of Idyllwild, was arrested on Jan. 6, and subsequently charged with burglary and criminal threats, both felonies. He has pleaded not…
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council is about to embark on another endeavor to reduce the risk of significant fire damage on the Hill. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has recently approved Riverside County’s “Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.” This week the county Board of Supervisors passed a resolution adopting the current plan. Edwina Scott, Fire…
Last week the Town Crier reported that the federal lawsuit stemming from the 2013 Mountain Fire, by which court action the United States sought to recover some $24 million in fire suppression costs and damage to federal wildlands, had been dismissed by the DOJ/U.S. Attorney’s Office without any monetary recovery to U.S. taxpayers. The DOJ/U.S….
A second in the past two weeks of a near-3.0-magnitude earthquake occurred at about 11:20 Thursday night. The tremor was about 7.5 miles west of Idyllwild and 4 miles southeast of Valle Vista. It was located on the San Jacinto Fault on Rouse Ridge. Initially, the quake’s magnitude was estimated to be 3.2. While no…
Note: Seven new teachers have joined the Idyllwild School faculty. The Town Crier will profile them over the next few weeks. “I’m pretty much a kid at heart,” said Wisconsin native and new Idyllwild School Athletic Director Darren McKay. “So, it’s easy for me t identify with the kids. I feed off their energy.”…