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Photos: May 23, 2024
By Idyllwild Town Crier








Around 8:40 am. on Saturday, Dec. 29 a Riverside County Sheriff’s community service officer stopped to give assistance to an injured man on Highway 74, east of Strawberry Creek, between Mountain Center and East Hemet. The man reported he had been fueling his car at a station on Chicago and Florida around 5:30 a.m. when…
The 2015 Mountain Community Patrol Board of Directors posed for this photo. The members (front row, from left) are Jon Engle, 2nd vice president; Judi Milin, secretary; and Annamarie Padula, treasurer. Back row, from left are John Edminston, president; Bob Rahman, vice president; and Mel Goldfarb and Brian Lodge, members at large.
Deputy District Attorney Timothy Cross was not pleased with Christopher V. Hillman’s sentence for attempting to influence the jury during the Raymond Oyler arson murder trial in 2009. On Friday, Aug. 24, Judge Larrie Brainard sentenced Hillman to 36 months of formal probation. “I’m really disappointed,” Cross said. “The jurors were just doing their duty…
County union plans strike The Labor Day weekend passed with the usually community events and political speeches throughout the nation and in California. However, labor issues are coming to the forefront locally. Both Riverside County and Hemet Unified School District will be addressing them this fall. Tuesday evening, Sept. 5, HUSD held a public hearing…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Sept. 18, to Monday, Sept. 25: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Sept. 18 — Smoke or odor removal, Idyllwild. Sept. 19 — Smoke scare, odor of smoke, Idyllwild. Sept. 19 — Medical aid, Idyllwild. Sept. 21 — Traffic collision with injuries, Pine Cove….
Multiple collisions occurred on mountain roads over the last couple of weeks, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.On Nov. 20 at 1:55 p.m., Donald Vann Via, 44 of San Jacinto, was driving his white 2019 Ford F-550 south on Rockdale Drive just north of Jameson Drive at 10 mph when he…