Hwy 74 closed indefinitely
Feb. 14, 2019 at 9:45 a.m. — Highway 74 is closed from Lake Hemet to Valle Vista due to multiple mudslides. This hard closure is for an unknown duration.
Feb. 14, 2019 at 9:45 a.m. — Highway 74 is closed from Lake Hemet to Valle Vista due to multiple mudslides. This hard closure is for an unknown duration.
Buying or continuing to rent major equipment for future pipeline replacement and repair projects was a major topic during the Pine Cove Water District meeting last week. Laying new pipeline, which the district did last summer, or replacing pipeline with PCWD employees is less expensive than contracting the work, General Manager Jerry Holldber told the…
Gov. Gavin Newsom assumed office on Jan. 7 and the next day, he issued an executive order for the preparation and submission to him of “… recommendations of the most impactful administrative, regulatory and policy changes or waivers the Governor can initiate that are necessary to prevent and mitigate wildfires to the greatest extent possible,…
U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fire firefighters responded to a report of a vegetation 1 mile up Bee Canyon Road on the west side of Bee Canyon at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. First on scene reported the fire was 1 to 2 acres in light to medium fuels and traveling at a low to…
On Thursday, March 27, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet Station arrested Wayne Sleme, 39, of Idyllwild, on multiple charges. He currently is being held in the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility until his arraignment Tuesday, April 1, at the court in Banning. Five charges were filed, three of which were felonies — burglary,…
he Mountain Community Fire Safe Council will present a free workshop onhomeowner’s insurance at Town Hall, Thursday September 12, from 6 to 8p.m. A local insurance broker and representatives from the CaliforniaDepartment of Insurance will discuss changes to the insurancemarketplace in California, including the California Fair Plan. There will be a presentation from the Department…
Two collisions occurred on local highways — one on Highway 74 and one on Highway 243 — last week, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.At 6:47 p.m. Thursday, April 29, Alaina Marie Ussery, 35 of Idyllwild, was driving a tan 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe southbound on Highway 243 500 feet south…