
Motorcycle collision closes highway
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Mercy Air lands on Highway 74 Monday night, Dec. 10, and meets American Medical Response to transport Mark Anderson, 60, of Idyllwild to Riverside Regional Medical Center after he crashed his Harley-Davidson.

Idyllwild Community Center President Stephanie Yost reported recently that one of the seating tiers in the amphitheater is crumbling but the repair will be done after the Summer Concert Series.“The Amphitheater itself is fine, as is all of the work that ICC did during the 2020 COVID shutdown (i.e., adding 10 additional tiers, fixing up…
At their Jan. 28, the Board of Supervisors had a major discussion about immigration and the role Riverside County can possibly assume in the future for both Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program participants and law-abiding undocumented immigrants. Board Chair V. Manuel Perez (4th District) and Supervisor Yxstian Gutierrez (5th District) submitted the proposal….
Last night’s County Service Area 36 meeting had been canceled and is now rescheduled for 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, according to Advisory Commitee Chair Robert Schraff. Items on the agenda include the lease for Town Hall, the county inspection report of Town Hall, potential partnerships and opportunities for community involvement and victory gardens among…
Gov. Gavin Newsom released his proposed fiscal year (FY) 2024-25 budget last week. Total expenditures will be nearly $291 billion, of which $208.7 billion will be the General Fund accounts. This is about $22.2 billion less than is available for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. Throughout his news conference, Newsom stressed that…
Riverside County plans to close one of two former underground leaking fuel sites in Idyllwild and test whether hydrocarbons, which have seeped into the ground at the second site, can be removed without any soil disturbance. On April 11, the Department of Environmental Health sent a letter to Nick Sanden, owner of the Village Food…
The fastest growing sport in the United States Despite the peculiar name, pickleball is nothing to sneeze at or derisively dismiss. It is the fastest-growing sport in America. Since its founding in 1965 by Washington State Congressman Joel Pritchard, the paddle- and net-based sport has exploded in popularity. It is played in all 50 states…