Photos by JP Crumrine
Following a press conference at the Cranston Station in Valle Vista the media was invited to tour Highway 74 as work was underway to repair storm damage following the Valentine’s Day storm.








PHOTOS: Media tours Highway 74 work
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Following a press conference at the Cranston Station in Valle Vista the media was invited to tour Highway 74 as work was underway to repair storm damage following the Valentine’s Day storm.








The portion of Highway 243 between Saunders Meadow Road and the Forest Service’s Keenwild Station will be limited to one lane on Friday, Dec. 21. Cal Trans will be doing emergency guardrail repairs from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., according to its press release. For the rest of the holiday period, Cal…
With extremely hot weather arriving in California last week, the critical and obvious tips are to stay cool, stay hydrated and look after friends and family. In anticipation, both the county and the state posted warnings and suggestions for dealing with the temperatures. The state created a website: heatreadyca.com/. The county announced the availability of…
The Board of Directors of Idyllwild Water District met on WednesdayAugust 21. The board heard that the initial engineering for theWastewater Treatment Plant replacement has been delayed until September,with GM Bill Rojas saying he is working on an alternative to the presentfirm. At a public hearing, the board voted to raise the stipend fordirectors from…
The Riverside County Mobile Health Van at Town Hall today did not have enough T/Dap and whooping cough vaccinations to administer to the people who came. All incoming seventh-grades are required to have the vaccines. Click on the calendar below to see other mobile health van locations for the month of July. However it is advised that you…
LaMont spent nearly three weeks in Klamath back country stopping fire Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts. The Salmon August Complex burned from July into August. Several local firefighters were part of the thousands who fought the fire during the late summer. Firefighters focus on three conditions when they are battling a…
This is a pictorial saga of Highway 243 from just before the entrance to Idyllwild to approximately 13 miles north of Idyllwild. These photographs show the damage to the highway until the highway abruptly ends. Before Idyllwild As one passes lower Saunders Meadow Drive driving north into Idyllwild, the southbound lane is closed….