
American Legion Post 800 Commander Ygnacio Garcia at the podium Saturday with the Color Guard during the Veterans Day ceremony. PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD
By Idyllwild Town Crier


American Legion Post 800 Commander Ygnacio Garcia at the podium Saturday with the Color Guard during the Veterans Day ceremony. PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD
After a year in which two natural disasters — fire and floods — have threatened the hill and disrupted living patterns, the Fourth of July and the evening of July 5 raised concerns of a third disaster, earthquakes. While Idyllwild only experienced the tremors from two distance quakes to the north, Ridgecrest — near the…
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a man carrying a weapon robbed the Mountain Top Liquor store, at 26005 Highway 243 in Idyllwild, around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26. The robber, described as 6 ft., 180 pounds, wearing a long tan coat, brown t-shirt, blue jeans with a red scarf and red bandana covering his…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.• Mar. 8 — Public service assist, 9: p.m. Manzanita Dr.• Mar. 8 — Medical aid, 11:56 p.m. Tollgate Rd.• Mar. 9 — Motor vehicle collision with injuries, 6:54 a.m. Highway 243.• Mar. 9 — Medical aid, 8:56 a.m. Country Club Dr.• Mar. 9…
Dillon Pulatie started working at the Idyllwild Water District August 2016 and submitted his resignation dated March 15 to the district with a last day of March 23. In his resignation letter, Pulatie cites “Leo [Havener, general manager] and Joe [Reyes, chief water operator] have managed to put a divide between all employees and in…
On Jan. 10, the Biden Administration contributed to California’s plans and efforts to replace gasoline powered vehicles – cars and light trucks – with zero emission vehicles. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration awarded $122.8 million in grants to the State and several local cities to continue building out electric vehicle charging and…
About noon, Thursday, Jan. 7, the National Weather Service in San Diego issued a winter weather advisory for the mountains of Riverside County, which will be in effect until 10 p.m. tonight. The previous winter storm warnings have been lifted. The NWS forecasts “a low pressure system over California will move inland later today with…