Cranston Fire UPDATE: Thursday, 6:40 a.m.
According to 6:31 a.m. Cal Fire Update (no longer available) Fire had burned 6,773 acres and was 10 percent contained.
According to 6:31 a.m. Cal Fire Update (no longer available) Fire had burned 6,773 acres and was 10 percent contained.
By Stephanie YostContributed The Idyllwild Community Center (ICC), which distributes pantry boxes on the first Tuesday of each month outside of Town Hall, will be doing an extra mid-month distribution on Tuesday, May 19. The program, which ICC operates in partnership with Feed America, Inc., provides boxes of groceries for pickup to families and individuals…
The Mountain Fire’s cause is still under investigation. The only investigative information that has been released is that the cause was an electrical equipment failure on private property. The Town Crier will report when the investigation is complete.
Niccolas Anthony Rados, 28, was discharged from Bellevue Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, on Feb. 22. He logged onto a Pacific Crest Trail hiking log in Idyllwild on March 19, as a northbound hiker. He entered his destination as Canada. According to posts by his father, Scott Rados, and others searching for him, detectives located…
Tara Sechrest is the new dean of admission at Idyllwild Arts. Not only is she an Idyllwild native, but also a 1994 graduate of the private arts school …
More recent update at bottom of the story: At about 11:15 a.m. Sunday, June 13, a wildfire was reported in the Pinyon area. Quickly, fire personnel, planes carrying retardant and helicopters hauling water in buckets descended on the area. The Flats Fire was burning in the Santa Rosa Mountains off Highway 74 near Pinyon Crest,…
Once again, Hill voters lead the county in civic participation. While Hill voters generally disagreed with other voters in Riverside County and agreed with the rest of the state on most races and ballots, here voters on the Hill stood out differently from most voters throughout the state and the nation. Much despair over voters’…