
PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD
Explosion on Foster Lake Road
By Idyllwild Town Crier


Last month, Steven Taylor Rutherford, 49, of Banning, pleaded guilty to 10 felony counts of arson. On Friday, Sept. 5, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Becky Dugan sentenced him to 45 years in prison. Rutherford was initially charged with 13 counts, but three counts were dismissed as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. “Serial…
On Monday night, May 26, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department received a call about lost hikers. Cabazon Station deputies responded to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The wife of hiker Jason Popwski, who resides in the city of Joshua Tree, reported him and his two friends, Larry Duffield, also of Joshua Tree, and Brian McBrayer…
The newspaper received information regarding a possible burglary on Daryll Road last week and contacted the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s media information bureau (MIB) for information.“Our agency responded to a reported residential burglary near the 55000 block of Daryll Road, Idyllwild, on June 23, 2021, at 8:39 a.m.,” MIB wrote. “It appears arrests were made….
On Saturday, Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting a declaration of major disaster for California as a result of the “two atmospheric river storm systems that struck California in February 2019.” On Monday, Representative Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-36) also wrote the President, supporting the Governor’s request. “The major weather event…
Theft is the reason the water loss has grown so large at Pine Cove Water District. After investing hundreds of staff hours and months of searching for pipeline leaks, General Manager Jerry Holldber reported that he and staff finally discovered that someone had tapped into a water hydrant. With the help of the Riverside County…
Needed rain and snow fell on the Hill this weekend, but the several days of intermittent precipitation did not relieve the drought. Snow — winter’s normal gift to the mountains — did arrive and was visible everywhere, although depths varied considerably. Between 5,300- and 5,500-foot elevations, temperatures were substantially cold enough to bring considerable snow…