A rockslide has 243 blocked between Marion View and lower Saunders Meadow Road.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Rockslide on Hwy 243 just south of Idyllwild
By Jack Clark
A rockslide has 243 blocked between Marion View and lower Saunders Meadow Road.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Last Thursday, the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council received notice of another grant approval. It will receive $151,726 for various fire safe projects on the Hill. The California Fire Safe Council announced grants to local fire safe councils in 22 counties. The CFSC received three grants from the U.S. Forest Service and reallocated these funds…
At its Tuesday, Dec. 12, meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved revisions to Ordinance 927.2, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” (STRs). It becomes effective Jan. 11. Once effective, the current moratorium will be eliminated and replaced by caps, as described in the ordinance, pertaining to the Idyllwild and Wine Country communities. An interim…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, June 11 to 17. Idyllwild • June 11 — Alarm call, 0:04 a.m. Seneca Dr. Handled by deputy. • June 11 — Found property, 2:23 p.m. N. Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • June 12 — Alarm call,…
Following a rash of break-ins and theft, a team of Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies visited businesses Wednesday, Sept. 17, telling owners not to leave any cash inside the buildings when they close at night. Here, Deputy Carrasco talks with La Casita owner Roberto Garcia. Photo by Becky Clark
On Feb. 11, a new San Jacinto Mountain Community Center board was elected (see the Feb. 14 issue of the Town Crier). Officers were nominated and unanimously elected to take over the governance, management and adminstration of the SJMCC and its two standing committees: the building, fundraising and capital improvement committee and the programs and activities committee.
The Scenic Fire, a vegetation fire in Pinyon Pines, was reported about 4 p.m. Friday, June 25. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) – San Bernardino National Forest and Cal Fire responded with ground and air resources.USFS initially reported it as a 2-acre fire “in an extremely remote location on Sheep Mountain within the Santa Rosa…