Michael Freitas caught this footage on his home’s surveillance camera over the weekend. Freitas lives on near Country Club and Lake Drive, off Toll Gate Road, a heavily residential neighborhood.
Mountain Lion spotted off Toll Gate
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Michael Freitas caught this footage on his home’s surveillance camera over the weekend. Freitas lives on near Country Club and Lake Drive, off Toll Gate Road, a heavily residential neighborhood.
A teenage boy was injured with a log splitter Saturday afternoon at Camp Ronald McDonald in Garner Valley. Cal Fire Engine 53 and Idyllwild Fire Department responded to the incident. When the first responders arrived on the scene, they were confronted with a victim suffering a partial amputation to his upper extremity. They called for…
There were two injury crashes on Hill roads over the last week, one involving a van and the other a motorcycle. At 3:55 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, George Appel, 90, of Idyllwild, was driving a green 2000 GMC van eastbound on Highway 74, 3 miles west of McCall Park Road, when he drove off the…
Cal Fire/Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • April 4 — Traumatic injuries, 1:30 p.m. Transport to Lake Hemet for air transport. • April 5 — Residential fire, 7:25 p.m. Robin Dr. • April 7 — Medical aid, 10:48 a.m. 29300 block of Hwy. 243. Idyllwild Fire…
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…
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake shook Idyllwild Monday afternoon, Dec. 30. The epicenter was approximately 2 miles south-southwest of Idyllwild and 9 miles east-southeast of Valle Vista. No injuries or damages were immediately identified. J.P. Crumrine can be reached at jp@towncrier.com.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) confirmed Monday that skeletal remains were located in the Pinyon Pines area. “Skeletal remains were located on Feb. 5, but at this time we have not had a positive identification on those remains,” wrote RCSD Correctional Sgt. Deanna Pecoraro of the department’s media information bureau. “The remains were…