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Three traffic collisions occurred on local roads over the last month, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.On Aug. 28 at 4:25 a.m., Sirinapa Ralph Phouphayry, 31 of Yucca Valley, was driving a white 2005 Nissan Titan northbound on Highway 243 south of Twin Pines Road at an unknown speed, and for…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, April 1, to Monday, April 7. Idyllwild: • April 2 — Two medical aids. • April 7 — Medical aid. Pine Cove: • April 2 — Two medical aids. • April 7 — Medical aid. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County…
On March 8, John MacLean will discuss his book “The Esperanza Fire: Arson, Murder, and the Agony of Engine 57” at the Rustic Theatre. MacLean spoke to the Town Crier, Sunday, Feb. 24, about the book and his writing on wildland fires. MacLean has written three other books about wildland fires. The first was “Fire…
The Hill has become a haven for the homeless from Hurricane Harvey. On Wednesday, Sept. 20, Living Free Animal Sanctuary in Mountain Center volunteered to accept five dogs from the Texas and Louisiana areas, which Hurricane Harvey devastated earlier this month. After adjusting to the low humidity and higher altitude, the five new residents may…
High Wind Warning URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 115 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 …STRONG GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY… .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL GENERATE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS..MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS…
A power outage affected the wider Idyllwild area beginning at 7:44 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25. Affected areas included most of Idyllwild, Pine Cove and along Highway 243 to Round Robin Drive past the Alandale Guard Station. Parts of Garner Valley also experienced the outage, which rolled out at slightly different intervals and ended roughly one…