Foster Lake at 70 percent capacity

The lake, a water storage facility for IWD, has been dry for several years.
Photo courtesy Jack Hoagland
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Nov. 26 to Dec. 2. Idyllwild • Nov. 26 — Trespassing, 8:03 a.m., 52000 block of Double View Dr. Unfounded. • Nov. 26 — Alarm call, 9:35 a.m., Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy. • Nov. 27 —…
Another effect of road closures The annual Idyllwild 5K and 10K Run and Fitness Walk is usually the second Saturday of June. However the 2019 event has been postponed until Saturday, Aug. 24. Race managers posted on the website, “With highways 243 from Banning and 79 from Hemet under construction, anyone coming to the event…
How it occurred is controversial Many locals know it as Lily Rock, but climbers prefer to call it Tahquitz Rock. It’s one of the more famous climbing sites in California and is where the Yosemite Decimal System for rating the degree of difficulty of rock climbs reportedly was first developed back in the 1950s. Tahquitz…
According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, a family from Idyllwild has been missing since early May. Mayra Perez Posadas, 33, and her three daughters, Amayrany Perez Romero, 15, Kaylie Perez Romero, 12, and a 5-year-old whose name is unknown to authorities, are described as being from the Idyllwild area, but were recently staying at…
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Monday, Jan. 2, to observe New Year’s Day are: Area post offices Idyllwild Nature Center BBVA Compass Bank Idyllwild Water District Pine Cove Water District Fern Valley Water District Idyllwild Health Center Riverside County offices Idyllwild Library U.S. Forest Service Hemet Unified School District (also Friday) Normally…
Kacee Lloyd Monroe, 34, who was convicted in 2004 for the Nov. 19, 2001, second-degree murder of his friend Austin Ross, both 16, and both Pine Cove residents, has been denied parole by Gov. Gavin Newsom. On Oct. 2, 2018, a two-commission parole board recommended parole for Monroe, serving time in the Avenal State Prison…