Highways 74 and 371 were the locations for multiple Hill traffic incidents over the previous week, according to California Highway Public Information Officer Darren Meyer. In one, reported in pictures in this edition, a motorcyclist, Lawrence Galluzzo, 44, of Riverside, was traveling at an unsafe speed westbound on Highway 74 on Saturday near the intersection…

No action was taken at the July 16 Riverside County Planning Department hearing on proposed revisions to the Idyllwild Arts Master Plan, according to Idyllwild Water District Board President Allan Morphett, who attended and spoke at the hearing. “The project was continued to August 20 … No decision yet,” said Matt Straite of the Riverside…

The Idyllwild Fire Protection District is soliciting interested residents for a vacancy on the Board of Commissioners. Those interested in an appointment should submit a one-page letter of interest and a résumé identifying employment history and highlighting relevant governmental, volunteer or other board experience. Applications and letters of interest must be submitted to the district…

On Friday, April 20, dozens of Idyllwild Arts Academy students walked from the campus to Village Center in Idyllwild in support of gun control on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting. Here they are passing Idyllwild School, where students were in front of the school also participating in the national “walk-out.”