
Holiday Closings: July 4, 2016
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Three vehicles overturned under similar circumstances and one two car-collision with injuries occurred during the last week on Hill highways. At 2:15 am. Wednesday, March 30, Tom Jimenez, 19, of La Quinta, was driving his 2009 Toyota Camry east on Highway 74 just west of Santa Rosa Truck Trail when he made an unsafe turning…
Wants more information before expanding sewer district After canceling their May meeting, Idyllwild Water District directors were sluggish and not ready to take any controversial action at their June 19 meeting. Two items — annexing three properties into the sewer district and the fiscal year 2019-20 budget — were deferred to future sessions. Approval of…
Due to consistently low attendance, Town Hall recently cancelled the primary-school, after-care program for the coming year. Idyllwild Community Center Program Director Bob Lewis and ICC Recreation Committee Chair Pete Capparelli assure Idyllwild parents that the afterschool Kinder Program will continue in the fall in its current format. Scott Payne, coordinator of Hemet Unified School…
The Little Fire, near the top of Thomas Mountain in Garner Valley, has burned 97 acres. The fire started just after 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, and was 70 percent contained as of Tuesday. The higher humidity and cooler temperatures have helped firefighters Monday, but there was little rain in the area, according to Lee…
Despite money woes, crime down first half of 2017 Last week, Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff visited Idyllwild. During his discussion with the Town Crier regarding the Sheriff’s Department budget and other activities, he mentioned the department’s recently released crime statistics for the first six months of 2017. All reported crime in Riverside County increased…
Early this afternoon, Friday, March 23, local resident Terry Candler identified a vehicle described in an Amber Alert parked near the American Legion. The alert had been issued shortly after 10:37 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 after San Jacinto police responded to the reported abduction of five-year-old Domenic Smith by his father, Anthony Smith-Dixon, 25,…