The death penalty will not be considered in the Pinyon triple murder cases. Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin filed a notice that he would not seek the death penalty if defendant Robert Pape, 29, were found guilty. In the Aug. 15 notice, Hestrin wrote “… after review of all facts and circumstances underlying the…

By JP Crumrine Correspondent Warning Coordination Meteorologist Alex Tardy at the San Diego office of the National Weather Service (NWS) was in Idyllwild last week. As Mike Feyder, Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP) president, said Tardy is a friend of MDP and has spoken in Idyllwild several times beginning in 2015 and last appearing here a…

Three collisions occurred on Highway 74 last week, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.  On April 27 at 8:10 a.m., Claudio Carrasco Morales, 27 of San Jacinto, was driving a white 2007 Toyota Tacoma eastbound on Highway 74 just east of Keen Camp Road at about 50 mph. Morales drifted onto…