About 2:20 p.m., June 4, Dottie Goldfarb, 87 of Idyllwild, was involved in a traffic accident. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Michael Murawski, Goldfarb was traveling northbound on Highway 243 near Saunders Meadow Road when, for unknown reasons, she lost control of her Toyota Prius. She hit the mountainside with the passenger side of her vehicle. Idyllwild Fire Department responded to the scene and transported her by ground ambulance to Eisenhower Medical Center with complaints of back pain. No other vehicles were involved, and the highway, which had been closed in both directions, was reopened after a short time. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
About 2:20 p.m., June 4, Dottie Goldfarb, 87 of Idyllwild, was involved in a traffic accident. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Michael Murawski, Goldfarb was traveling northbound on Highway 243 near Saunders Meadow Road when, for unknown reasons, she lost control of her Toyota Prius. She hit the mountainside with the passenger side of her vehicle. Idyllwild Fire Department responded to the scene and transported her by ground ambulance to Eisenhower Medical Center with complaints of back pain. No other vehicles were involved, and the highway, which had been closed in both directions, was reopened after a short time. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer reported that on Tuesday, June 4, at about 2:20 p.m. a blue 2014 Toyota Prius driven by Idyllwild resident Dorothia Goldfarb, 87, crashed into the mountain side on the northbound 243 about a half-mile south of lower Saunders Meadow Road. The vehicle was travelling at an unknown speed that responding officers could only estimate at 35-45 miles per hour. Goldfarb was taken by IFPD ambulance to Eisenhower Hospital in the desert with a non-life-threatening injury, and the vehicle was towed by Idyllwild Garage.
Last week, the San Jacinto City Council decided to extend its fire services contract with Riverside County Fire Department for another year. At a special council meeting Wednesday, June 15, San Jacinto decided that an adequate dispatch service would not be available by July 1, when its current contract with Cal Fire expires. Therefore, activating…
Another power outage affecting the town business area and many residential neighborhoods is planned between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 16. Several smaller and limited outages have also occurred since the April outage, which affected much of the local area, including Pine Cove. One outage affected about 15 customers on Marion View Drive…
In a primary race with multiple candidates, it is common for one with less name recognition to hurl comments at the leader in order to gain greater attention and try to improve their chances of winning a squeaky race. So one might expect one of the Republican gubernatorial candidates to fling a barb or two…
Consolidation committee seeks new name and intent The Idyllwild Water District held its regular September meeting last Wednesday, Sept. 19. But a local might have been confused by the number of Pine Cove residents attending. As the meeting began, more than 50 people were in the IWD boardroom, standing in the lobby or outside. In…
Applications for grants from the Idyllwild Community Fund are now available online and the completed form should be submitted online by Friday, May 4. A technical assistance workshop is scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday, March 15, at the Idyllwild Fire Station’s meeting room. Interested parties and representatives of nonprofit organizations can RSVP to…
