
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
The California Highway Patrol San Gorgonio Pass Area will be deploying a DUI checkpoint in an undisclosed location of the Hemet/San Jacinto Valley area from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., Friday, Jan. 15. The sobriety checkpoint will be conducted by numerous CHP Officers who are highly trained in the detection of alcohol and / or…
Stage 3 water emergency is imminent depending upon how much rain and snow arrived last weekend, according to Idyllwild Water General Manager Tom Lynch. “We are in Stage 2. However, we meet the criteria level for Stage 3,” Lynch told IWD directors last week. “We are evaluating day-to-day.” Two important criteria for declaring Stage 3…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Nov. 19 to 25. Idyllwild • Nov. 19 — Public intoxication, 2:47 a.m., 25000 block of Hwy. 243 Handled by deputy. • Nov. 19 — Alarm call, 5:01 a.m., North Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • Nov. 19…
Cristin Smith’s motion to have charges against him for the 2006 triple murder in Pinyon was denied Friday, June 20. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jeffery Gunther ruled that Smith must return on Aug. 1 for a trial-readiness conference. On the night of Sept. 17, 2006, Becky Friedli, 18, her mother, Vicki Friedli, 53, and…
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 3.1 magnitude earthquake about 3 miles southwest of Idyllwild, very close to Lake Hemet at 2:09 p.m. It was felt for about 3 to 5 seconds in the center of the village of Idyllwild. The quake was 19.5 kilometers deep. The quake was about 9 miles south east of…
No students were injured in a traffic crash Friday morning involving a school bus. At about 8:20 a.m. Friday, a man driving a white SUV pulled out of a dirt road in front of a Hemet Unified School District bus carrying about 40 Tahquitz Valley High School students and traveling westbound on Highway 74. The…