A Pine Cove man suffered 2nd degree burns to his upper body from a water heater explosion and was flown to a local hospital. The man was a walk-in to Cal Fire’s Pine Cove Station 23 Saturday at 11:39 a.m. No further information was available.
Pine Cover suffers 2nd-degree burns
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A Pine Cove man suffered 2nd degree burns to his upper body from a water heater explosion and was flown to a local hospital. The man was a walk-in to Cal Fire’s Pine Cove Station 23 Saturday at 11:39 a.m. No further information was available.
In the past several months, Idyllwild’s Animal Rescue Friends, commonly known as ARF, has been inundated with found dogs. Unfortunately, that creates problems for ARF as well as the owners of the missing dogs, said Janice Murasko, ARF’s director of operations. Not only is ARF not an animal shelter, but owners are not taking simple…
Erosion, rock slides and invasive weeds will be problems to mitigate The U.S. Forest Service assembles a team of ecological and environmental specialists to assess the damage at every national forest that suffers a major fire. The Burned Area Emergency Reports can take a week or longer to prepare and be reviewed. The BAER for…
Hill roads were free of serious traffic incidents last week. One minor incident occurred on Monday, April 17. At 2:40 p.m. on Highway 243, 1 mile south of Old Idyllwild Road, two vehicles sideswiped each other. The investigating California Highway Patrol officer could assign no cause. There were no witnesses and neither driver could account…
Mark DeAntonio, 53, of Pine Cove, who missed several scheduled court appearances in January and February, appeared in court March 12. A felony settlement conference was set for April 16. DeAntonio was charged in June with negligently discharging a firearm. He had several hearings in January regarding his attorney’s request for a mental health diversion….
Chelsea Walsh, 33, and Gavin Escobar, 31, both of Huntington Beach, have been identified as the rock climbers who died Wednesday, Sept. 28. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office listed the time of injury of 12:21 p.m. and time of death of 1:18 p.m. for both climbers. Riverside County Fire Department reported at 12:25 p.m. that…
Last week the Idyllwild Town Crier was recognized with two awards in the Better Newspapers Contest for 2013, sponsored by the California Newspaper Publishers Association. Jenny Kirchner won second place in the category “Sports Photo” for her photograph of kids at soccer. When advised by the Town Crier of her award, Kirchner wrote, “I am…