The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Aviation Unit (AU) responded to a report of three stranded hikers on the Cactus to Cloud Trail in the San Jacinto Mountains Saturday, Jan. 29.The hikers could not safely move due to the snow and ice conditions and were at an altitude of about 7,900 feet.An AU helicopter hoisted a…

One involving 10 people, two vehicles and serious injuries There were three traffic collisions on Hill roads last week. At 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, Spencer Kincaid, 18, of Idyllwild, was stopped at a stop sign on Marian View Drive near the intersection with Highway 243 in a white 2002 Toyota Tacoma truck. At the…

By James EckhardtRiverside Mountain Rescue Unit (RMRU) Editor’s note: RMRU gave us permission to reprint this story from its website. Our sincerest condolences go out to the family and friends of Chelsea Walsh and Gavin Escobar [both of Huntington Beach]. The two climbers died in a fall from Tahquitz Rock (Lily Rock) Wednesday, Sept. 28….