Fatal Head-On Crash on Highway 371 Under Investigation
By David Jerome
On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at approximately 7:05 a.m., a silver 2006 Honda Insight was being driven by a 27-year-old female from Palm Desert, CA, and was driving southbound on SR-371, south of Homestead Rd. A 56-year-old male from Aguanga, CA, was driving a black 2016 Toyota Tacoma north on SR-371 south of Homestead Rd….
Cal Fire/Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • March 28 — Medical aid, 3:23 p.m. Thousand Trails. AMR transport to Eisenhower Medical Center. • April 2 — Medical aid, 5:20 a.m. Bonita Vista Rd. Idyllwild Fire Here are some of the calls Idyllwild Fire Department responded to…
District agrees to workshop on May 30 A large group of customers came to the Idyllwild Water District board meeting last week. The proposed water-rate restructuring and rate increase were the targets of their comments. Having received the notice of a public hearing on June 20 for the board to consider adopting the higher rates,…
Late Saturday night, a fuse blew in a Southern California Edison transformer on the Hill. Nearly 370 customers were without power starting about 10:15 p.m. Power was returned to Hill residents over the next 75 minutes. By 11:30 p.m., power was restored to all customers within the affected area, according to an Edison press office….
At its Aug. 21 meeting, the Board of Directors for the Idyllwild Water District approved the initial study for the Tollgate tank and pipeline project and adopted a mitigated negative declaration and monitoring plan. No comments were received before the public hearing opened and no member of the public attended the hearing. The proposed 300,000-gallon…
Fundraising was the topic of the evening when the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Auxiliary met on Monday, April 15. Plans are being developed to raise money this summer for improvements to the fire station. Project ideas range from simple booths at community events to tell the community what the auxiliary is and what it hopes…
Participants crowd the starting line for the beginning of the 5K Run at Saturday’s annual Idyllwild 5K and 10K Fitness Run and Walk.
