
Second place winner of the IWD essay contest Lennon Aramburo shown with his submission and President Charles Schelly. PHOTO BY PETER SZABADI
By Idyllwild Town Crier


Second place winner of the IWD essay contest Lennon Aramburo shown with his submission and President Charles Schelly. PHOTO BY PETER SZABADI
Some really good news came out of the Caltrans community meeting last Tuesday night, Oct. 29, at Idyllwild School that was coordinated by Mountain Disaster Preparedness. There is now full access to Hemet and Banning from Idyllwild. Public and Media Affairs Chief for Caltrans District 8 Terri Kasinga announced that Highway 243 would reopen by…
Friends of the San Jacinto Valley Naturalists and bird nesting-box specialists Samantha Dempster and Dan Lace will take hikers to some of the 45 nesting boxes in the San Jacinto Wildlife Area and show how to inspect, clean and survey the boxes. Information will be provided on how to install and maintain nesting boxes and…
Sheriff’s logThe Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Saturday to Friday, Dec. 19 to 25.Idyllwild• Dec. 20 — Check the welfare, 6:17 p.m. 24000 block of Fern Valley Rd. Handled by deputy.• Dec. 21 — Alarm call, 4:38 p.m. Crestview Dr. Handled by deputy.• Dec. 21 — Alarm call, 9:41…
The California Highway Patrol reported two crashes on Hill roads during this past week. At 11:40 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, Aspen Lynn Randolph, 20, of Hemet, was driving her silver 2003 Mazda 6 westbound on Highway 74 1 1/2 miles west of McCall Park Road in Mountain Center when, for an unknown reason, she lost…
Two incidents, one a DUI arrest, and a second, a motorcycle crash, occurred on Hill roads during this past week. At 8:01 p.m. Thursday, May 26, Dennis Fredrickson, 80, of Del Mar, was driving his silver 2006 Lexus sedan westbound on highway 74, 500 feet east of Keen Camp Road when, on a left curve,…
Last week, Riverside County Judge James Hawkins ordered Cristin Smith, 25, to stand trial for the murder of three Pinyon Pines residents in 2006. A Riverside County grand jury has already indicted Smith’s friend, Robert Pape. The grand jury did indict Smith, but because he was under age 18 at the time of the crimes…