Caltrans District 8 posted the following video about the boulder that fell on Highway 243 on Sunday night, Jan. 10. closing the road for about three days.
Caltrans shares video of boulder removal
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Caltrans District 8 posted the following video about the boulder that fell on Highway 243 on Sunday night, Jan. 10. closing the road for about three days.
Editor’s note: The Town Crier is interviewing each of the six candidates for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission. Interviews with incumbent Commissioners Pete Capparelli and Paul Riggi appeared in the July 14 issue. The series of interviews will conclude next week with Jerry Buchanan and Larry Donahoo. Ballots will be mailed to voters and…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, April 7 to April 13. Idyllwild • April 8 — Medical aid, 26000 block of Saunders Meadow Rd., 4:42 p.m. • April 8 — Medical aid, Delano Dr., 4:57 p.m. • April 9 — Medical aid, Tahquitz View Dr., 6:00…
One injury crash, requiring medical transport, took place in Idyllwild over the last week along with a fender bender on Highway 74 above Palm Desert. At 10:26 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, Miguel Pablo Lopez, 23, of Idyllwild, was driving his silver 2008 Ford Focus southbound on Highway 243, 268 feet south of Riverside County Playground…
The two men arrested for breaking into the Mountain Center Market and stealing the ATM machine and its cash contents were Ryan Mason, 24, of Hemet, and Nickolas Melendez, 26, of Cabazon. The two men were arrested on Highway 74, just west of the U.S. Forest Service’s Cranston Ranger Station, shortly after they allegedly ransacked…
According to the Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS) website, the area of Idyllwild-Pine Cove has a total of 55 reported COVID-19 cases since the outbreak and one death reported. Twenty-seven of the 55 people have recovered.Gov. Gavin Newsom put the Southern California region on a Stay-at-Home order a couple of weeks ago…
The U.S. Forest Service plans to resume burns on Thomas Mountain today, April 2. In January, the Forest Service burned about 240 acres. About 200 acres are left on the unit between Anza and Garner Valley, according to Zach Behrens, public affairs officer for the San Bernardino National Forest The project could last over a…