Snow, Christmas Tree lights arrive together
Photos by Tom Kluzak
Photos by Tom Kluzak
Caltrans Keen Camp Maintenance crew will be performing one-way flagging operations in conjunction with Caltrans geotechnical crews on Highway 243 in Idyllwild for culvert studies. Work will be performed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 16 to 17. This work will require one-way flagging traffic operations on the southbound lane and…
On Sunday, April 19, Idyllwild resident David Jerome, 51, was driving west on Highway 74 in his 2002 gray Honda Accord when Hemet resident Michael Hernandez, 48, driving a 1999 Dodge Ram truck east on 74, lost control slammed into the front left of Jerome’s vehicle. The collision happened at 3:30 p.m. nine-tenths of a…
As he began his Chief’s Report, Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz offered the district’s property owners a Christmas present. The International Organization for Standardization has raised the Idyllwild Fire Protection District rating from 4 to 2, where 1 is the best. The new rating is effective April 1, 2016. “This could lead to [fire insurance]…
Three traffic crashes took place over the last week on Hill roads, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer. At 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, Matthew Stuart, 20, of Hemet, was driving his white 2002 Mazda Protégé sedan westbound on Highway 74, 300 feet east of Strawberry Creek, when he made an…
The Hill’s new county supervisor, Chuck Washington, former Temecula city councilman, was officially sworn into office last week. But he publicly took the oath of office at the March 10 Riverside County Board of Supervisor’s meeting. As he joins the board, Washington told the Town Crier his priorities will be public safety, the budget, job…
On June 28, Becky and Jack Clark become the new owners of the Idyllwild Town Crier. Following in the footsteps of the Town Crier’s founder, Ernie Maxwell, the Clarks are bringing a local, family-owned paper back to Idyllwild. For the past 19 years, Tindle Newspapers Ltd., a private British company, has owned the Town Crier….