Cranston Fire: Friday 10:55 – Photos by Steven King
By Jack Clark
On Oct. 5, the Press-Enterprise broke the story that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco admits to his former membership in the Oath Keepers, a far-right group some of whose members are being prosecuted for the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building. According to reports of the Southern California News Group, Press-Enterprise owner, Bianco…
A self-representing Mountain Fire victim unraveled the $30-million federal case and put the state’s $5-million findings into question. Lawrence Goda, a homeowner-plaintiff in the state-court action that settled last year for nearly $5 million to Cal Fire, and other plaintiffs, confirmed James Nowlin’s information reported in the Town Crier’s Aug. 1 issue regarding the two…
Winter is a time that tests the staying power of local businesses. Spring, summer and the holidays bring tourists who shop, eat and stay at Idyllwild businesses. Then winter comes to test business models and marketing practices. Sky Island Natural Foods closed recently, citing business fall-off after the holidays. Now, longtime Idyllwild eatery Arriba Mexican…
Remember that the objective of all of us participating in the Town Crier’s Membership model is for the paper to continue on when Becky and I retire — and I’m almost 73 now. The Town Crier must be acquired by younger publishers willing to continue a real newspaper for our Hill. For that to happen,…
At the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission meeting last week, Fire Chief Patrick Reitz said the Riverside County Registrar of Voters has accepted the IWD’s proposed parcel fee increase. It will be included on the November presidential election ballot as Measure W. Commissioner Nancy Layton, chair of the Education and Dissemination Committee, reported that a…
Power is back in Idyllwild and the surrounding area after an outage that started around 11 a.m. Anza Electric Cooperative members received this email notification shortly after the outage began: “We are currently experiencing a system wide power outage due to Southern California Edison and the discovery of copper theft which has resulted in an…