
PHOTO BY JACK CLARK
Help Center Angel Trees
By Idyllwild Town Crier


The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) received its new ambulance and has been running calls. Some members of the public contacted the newspaper regarding the ambulance running calls without being marked as an ambulance.The ambulance does not have to pass a California Highway Patrol (CHP) inspection and be issued a permit before being in service…
Nearly 10 years ago, in November 2014, California voters easily approvedProposition 47, which reduced certain nonserious and nonviolent propertyand drug offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. The measure alsoallowed certain offenders who have been previously convicted of suchcrimes to apply for reduced sentences. In general, offenders convicted of misdemeanor crimes were to bepunished less severely than…
Dr. Katherine Siva Saubel, while at home with her family, passed away this Tuesday. She was 91 years old. The family is finalizing plans and ask that he public respect their privacy. Saubel was a renowned native American scholar and educator. An enrolled member of the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians, Saubel…
Riverside County 4th District Supervisor V. Manuel Perez will be at the Town Hall from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, to meet and talk with Hill residents who are now part of his supervisorial district. Having spent many summers at Pathfinder Ranch, Perez is familiar with the Hill. Now he would like to…
Saturday, Sept. 10, Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP) will mount a “boots on the ground” simulation of the aftermath of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, with an epicenter 2.2 miles east of Banning, in the Pass area. At 9 a.m., MDP will announce over its radio and email systems and through the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services…
The Idyllwild Downtown Historic District review board met last Thursday afternoon at the Idyllwild Library. The public meeting was scheduled to begin at noon, but with only two board members then present — Chair Warren Monroe and Barbara Jones — a third board member was required for a quorum. Board member Ron Kammeyer did not…