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About 1 p.m., two motorcycles collided near the intersection of Highways 74 and 243. Both riders were injured and one taken off by paramedics. The road is open, but currently traffic is slow becasue of the congestion created while awaiting care for the riders.
Signs of General Manager Terry Lyons’ retirement are being seen more frequently at the Idyllwild Water District. At last Wednesday’s board meeting, Lyons reported that 26 applicants had responded to the board’s notices seeking a new general manager. The list has been narrowed to six and the board will conduct interviews Thursday, Jan. 23. Lyons…
A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck at 9:46 a.m. Sunday 3 miles west-southwest of the Palomar Observatory and was felt in Hill communities.Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones tweeted, “The depth is ~14km. That is the bottom of the brittle part of the [Elsinore] fault. The shallower part of the fault is ‘locked’ — no small quakes but building…
Southern California Edison Press Release: As of 9 a.m., SCE has roughly 4,000 customers without service due to the Cranston Fire. An additional 5,200 customers of the Anza Electric Cooperative (fed from SCE’s system) are also without power. SCE will provide updated information once safe access to the area is granted, damage assessments are conducted,…
Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies, aided by state park rangers, rescued seven female hikers around 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, about one mile below the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway mountain station. One of the seven had notified authorities by cell phone at 6:14 p.m. that a member of the group was experiencing medical problems and could…
Although Hill communities are enjoying cool temperatures this week, dangerously high temperatures — a heat wave — are expected this weekend and into next week, according to the National Weather Service. “Very hot, and potentially dangerous, conditions are forecast for Sunday through the early part of next week …,” NWS reported Tuesday morning, June 14….