Caltrans is doing work on Highway 243 just north of Black Mountain Road. One lane is closed. Expect delays.
Traffic delay on Highway 243
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Caltrans is doing work on Highway 243 just north of Black Mountain Road. One lane is closed. Expect delays.
The weekend was hot, with temperatures in the low 90s; but on Monday, June 20, the first day of summer, the temperature reached 97 degrees. This set a record for Idyllwild. The previous high temperature here on this date was 95 degrees. Idyllwild was one of dozens of Southern California communities setting record-high temperatures Monday….
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Stay-at-Home Order was lifted last Monday, returning Riverside County to the purple tier. Visit https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/, to get reacquainted with the purple tier restrictions. The state has shut down and reopened businesses multiple times since the first Stay-at-Home Order in March.For information on SBA’s assistance to small businesses, visit sba.gov/ppp or treasury.gov/cares. To…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls. • Feb. 1 — Medical aid, 8:57 a.m. Pine Crest Ave.• Feb. 1 — Gas leak, 2:52 p.m. Saunders Meadow Rd.• Feb. 1 — Medical aid, 3:42 p.m. Delano Rd.• Feb. 3 — Medical aid, 1:04 a.m. Delano Rd.• Feb. 3 — Medical…
While the Forest Service’s Keenwild Station recorded only 0.2 inches of rainfall Thursday and Friday, other southern California areas (such as Dana Point, Oceanside, and Murrieta) received nearly an inch or more of rain. Many believe or are hopeful this storm is a harbinger for fall and winter weather. For several months, the National Weather…
Early Thursday morning, a swarm of earthquakes occurred near Aguanga and again Friday morning. On each day, the series of quakes began after 3 a.m. On Thursday, the greatest-magnitude quakes were 2.9 and 3.0. The Friday quakes were similar, the largest magnitude was 3.1 and a 2.7 quake occurred later. All were concentrated in the…
Water supply and conditions are fine in the Pine Cove Water District, General Manager Jerry Holldber told the directors at the Feb. 11 meeting. “We’re back down on [water] production,” he reported. “Well no. 10 [the district’s monitoring well] has stayed at the same level.” January water production was nearly 20 percent less than a…