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Edwin Hansen (left), the new president of Friends of the Idyllwild Library, sits next to Adele Voell, his predecessor as president. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

In the darkness of early Saturday morning, Sept. 8, Cabazon Station deputies responded to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway regarding a report of lost hikers. On the morning before, two hikers, identified as Preston and Carol Crow of Wichita Falls, Texas, told friends they were going to spend the day hiking at Mt. San Jacinto…
Dec. 5 is nearly a month after the Nov. 8 election. But the race to represent the District 47 seat in the California Assembly remains exceedingly too close. As of Monday evening, Dec. 5, Republican Greg Wallis has a 35-vote lead over Democrat Christy Holstege. This district is mostly in Riverside County, but about 30%…
Parents Anthony and Donna Barnett with Julia [center] at the PCT Southern Terminus Julia Barnett – Packing for the PCT Julia is a 17-year-old from Seattle, Washington hiking the PCT during the summer prior to her senior year in high school. I was her driver on several occasions in Idyllwild and found her observations refreshingly…
Editor’s note: The Planning Commission hearing was Wednesday, Feb. 2, which was after this edition of the Town Crier was published. Although the planning staff did recommend approval of the project, we will report the commission’s decision in the following issue. Wednesday, Feb. 2, the Riverside County Planning Commission reviewed the proposed Conditional Use Permit…
Editor’s note: Some of this story is taken from past Town Crier news coverage of this crime. The California Appeals Court, District 4, denied a rehearing and the Supreme Court denied a review of Robert Lars Pape, 33, and Cristin Conrad Smith, 32, who in 2018 were convicted and sentenced to life in prison in…
At a capacity meeting hosted by the Anza Valley Municipal Advisory Council, nearly 100 residents lodged protests about tactics used by county code enforcement in issuing citations. Residents complained of unauthorized entrances onto their properties, even into their homes, by a particular officer they accused of using “Gestapo” tactics. They complained of not receiving directives…