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Birthday Bash
By Idyllwild Town Crier


The U.S. Forest Service arrested a man near the site of the Cranston Fire on the day of the fire, Tuesday, April 7. U.S. Forest Service Public Information Officer John Miller confirmed the arrest. Miller said the suspect was arrested for charges unrelated to the fire. Miller said it is U.S. Department of Agriculture policy…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, July 11 to 17. (IFPD has a new system of reporting and is working to include times in its logs.) • July 10 — EMS, Idyllbrook Dr..• July 10 — EMS, Saunders Meadow Rd.• July 10 — EMS, transport, Meadow.• July…
Idyllwild Fire Here are some of the calls Idyllwild Fire Department responded to recently. • Sept. 21 — Medical aid, 7:38 a.m. Marian View Dr. • Sept. 21 — Gas leak, 11:48 a.m. Pine Crest Ave. • Sept. 22 — Walk-in public service assist, 9:30 p.m. • Sept. 23 — Medical aid, 4:52 p.m. Highway…
Stephen Patrick Medlock, 53, a transient, charged with arson for starting and igniting the 2013 Silver Fire, had his Aug. 9, felony settlement conference moved to Sept. 10. While negotiations with the prosecutor continue, Medlock has not received an offer. Since Medlock’s March 21, preliminary hearing, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office has amended the…
Amphitheatre concert planned for June At its Jan. 24 meeting, the County Service Area 36 (Idyllwild and Fern Valley) Advisory Committee heard presentations from Bob Lewis, director of the Idyllwild Community Center recreation programs, and from Janice Lyle, president of the Idyllwild Community Center board, also known as the San Jacinto Mountain Community Center. Lewis…
Nearly 100 turned out to the community meeting that Mountain Disaster Preparedness organized to educate residents about the purchase and use of generators. Opening the meeting, MDP President Mike Feyder and Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz stressed both the frequency of power outages and the length of them are going to increase in the future….