Fuelbreak nearing completion

PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD
Mike Feyder, Mountain Disaster Preparedness president, discussed his organization at the Thursday, Dec. 8, Mountain Emergency Services Committee meeting. Established in 1986, MDP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to promoting emergency preparedness awareness to community members in Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Mountain Center. Members provide supplies and maintain eight Disaster Aid Stations throughout greater Idyllwild….
Three traffic collisions occurred on mountain roads last week. One resulted in a fatality, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matthew Napier. On March 17 at 10:35 a.m., Richard Andrew Regllo, 25 from San Marcos, was traveling at 35 mph southbound on Highway 243 south of Poppet Flatts Road in a…
At 11 a.m. Saturday, July 29, Adam Harris, 20, of Palm Desert, was driving his white 2004 Toyota 4 Runner northbound on Highway 243, 3/10 of a mile north of the intersection with Highway 74, according to the California Highway Patrol. With Harris as passenger was Vanessa Claire, 19, of San Diego. Coming southbound on…
The Idyllwild Skate Park, owned and operated by the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC), was built in 2001 and underwent minor repairs in 2015. As a facility that serves locals and tourists, the skate park has undergone heavy usage, and has suffered significant weather deterioration due to Idyllwild winters over its 20-plus-year life span, leaving the…
Another lawsuit has been filed against Riverside County, the County’s Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) and Sheriff Chad Bianco over an in-custody death in the county’s jail. On April 28, 2022, Alicia Upton, 21, of San Jacinto, hung herself while in-custody at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. On Dec. 31, 2023, her parents filed a…
Editor’s Note: The 2024 Presidential Election will be Tuesday, November 5. Besides the races for President and the U.S. Senate, to succeed Diane Feinstein, there are many local races which will determine who represents the Hill in the State Assembly and the U.S. Congress. The Town Crier will be writing about the races for the…