CHP Officer Ron Esparza investigates the scene at this afternoon’s fatal crash on Highway 243. Photo by John Pacheco Highway 243’s southbound lane is now open with traffic control following  a nearly three-hour closure due to a fatal traffic collision involving a county vehicle and a sedan. At about 2:30 p.m. Monday, a white Honda Civic…

After nearly a year of small group meetings, and several months of Community Dialogue meetings, Idyllwild community members are forming three groups to promote community cohesiveness, community safety, tolerance and better understanding of existing divisions within the greater population. The Community Dialogue meetings came about in response to a number of hate crimes that began…