

Rotary gives to local organizations
By Idyllwild Town Crier


Riverside County Chief Executive Officer Jeff Van Wagenen requested the Board of Supervisors authorize the County to seek financial assistance from the state to offset the financial issues associated with the enactment and implementation of the federal legislation HR1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which was passed and signed in July 2025. Besides sending a…...
Early Saturday morning, a fire broke out along Highway 74 between Hemet and Mountain Center, about a quarter of a mile west of the Strawberry Creek bridge. The Forest Service initial attack and follow up controlled the fire by about noon Saturday when this photo of the burn area was taken. The fire was estimated to be 10 acres.
The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) is leading a multi-jurisdictional investigation of credit card fraud that ensnared over 20 Idyllwild residents from October through December 2010. The lead investigator, who requested his name not be published, cited cyber hacking of merchant process servers, rather than a locally placed skimmer, as the likely cause. The investigation,…
Wednesday morning, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station received calls from four different people reporting the sound of gunshots in the Cedar Glen area, according the Hemet Capt. Joseph Borja. “We responded, but no one was located or arrested,” he said. The callers provided a limited description of the shooters. One even thought the…
Leggett involved in IFPD crash;later dies in police shoot-out ecords obtained from Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) last week revealed two traffic crashes involving district vehicles two days apart, neither reported at the October board of commissioners meeting, one involving a major injury and the other with no injury. Both vehicles were reported in excellent…
After the Caltrans regional director and geotechnical official described the extensive damage and difficulty of repairs, Caltrans asked other local and federal officials to speak, especially about the social and community effects of the road closures. Riverside County Sheriff Lt. Alfonso Campa, of the Hemet Station, added that, because of the increase in…