Tree lighting ceremony
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 2 to 8. Idyllwild • April 3 — Battery, 24000 block of Fern Valley Rd. Handled by deputy. • April 3 — Check the welfare, address undefined. Handled by deputy. • April 4 — Alarm call, Glen…
Over the weekend, the Idyllwild Town Crier reached out to the media information bureau of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) to ask why it took until Feb. 5 to retrieve Rosario Garcia. Skeletal remains were brought to the attention of the RCSD Jan. 25 by the Fowler-O’Sullivan Foundation. Western States Aerial Search, who was…
A quarter-acre brush fire started early Saturday evening near Lake Hemet. In less than two hours after it was reported at 7:08 p.m., the fire was controlled, according to Tawny Cabral, public safety information specialist for Cal Fire and the Riverside County Fire Department. No U.S. Forest Service engines were needed to control this blaze.
In January, less than three years since joining the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors in June 2022, Kevin Scott was elected Board President. Scott, 36, grew up in Orange County and is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton. He and his wife, Nadia, lived in Orange County until 2020. Both are avid…
Julia Romero, 17, is an Idyllwild resident and an honor student at Hemet High School. She also has been a star runner on her school’s girl’s track team. Julia was severely injured in a car crash on Friday, March 31 on Highway 243 just north of Franklin Drive. The collision is reported to have been…
Former Idyllwild Water District legal counsel Joe Aklufi was arrested Tuesday, May 17, along with six other former Beaumont city officials. Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin filed charges against all seven former city officials for public corruption. Specifically, Aklufi, the former Beaumont city attorney, was charged with six counts of embezzlement. He is currently…
