
The heavy, wet snow broke this black oak tree branch that blew the back window of Bev Tyner’s car on Cougar Road Friday, May 15.
Photo courtesy Bev Tyner
Tree branch causes damage
By Idyllwild Town Crier

The heavy, wet snow broke this black oak tree branch that blew the back window of Bev Tyner’s car on Cougar Road Friday, May 15.
Photo courtesy Bev Tyner
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Dec. 3 to Dec. 9. Idyllwild • Dec. 3 — Alarm call, 4:32 a.m., Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy. • Dec. 3 — Alarm call, 8:59 a.m., Hemstreet Pl. Handled by deputy. • Dec. 3 — Vandalism,…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District is soliciting community members to join its Finance Committee. Fire Chief Patrick Reitz says interested citizens will be considered at the fire commission’s Jan. 14 meeting. An application and the resolution establishing the committee’s function and compostion can be found at the district’s website, http://idyllwildfire.com. The application asks for name,…
Following recent storms, a woman and her brother were unhoused when a snow-laden tree crushed their trailer. Carla Becker of Royal Pines Estates told the Crier about her introduction to one of the dangers of mountain living. CB: I was in the pop-out and the tree hit my neighbors’ trailer, cut it right in half….
Around 1 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 29, an alert teacher on her lunch break at Idyllwild School heard a domestic argument in progress at a residence on Saunders Meadow Road, opposite a wing of school classrooms. She then spotted a man with a rifle getting into a truck and driving away from the residence. Despite…
Three entrants correctly identified last week’s puzzle spot so the winner’s name was drawn from among them — Dallas Browning. Since no winner came forth last week, Browning won four tickets to the Rustic Theatre. This week you are again challenged to identify the particular spot depicted in this Hill photograph. It might be the…
Last Friday, Jerry Holldber, Pine Cove Water District general manager, and Jerry Johnson, field foreman, delivered and unloaded several cases of Arrowhead bottled water for Idyllwild School. Holldber contacted Arrowhead and received nearly 430 cases of water. Holldber distributed them to Hill organizations such as the Idyllwild and Fern Valley water districts, Idyllwild Fire Department, MDP, RMRU and the Fire Safe Council. Helping Holldber and Johnson, but not shown, was Jeremy Potter.