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Photos: Last Week in Idyllwild: September 24, 2015
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Amelia’s Donuts & More is proof that dreams really can come true. Amy and Jim McMahon, owners of Amelia’s Donuts and More, opened their storefront. While Amy was in a completely different career field since she graduated from high school, she learned how to make donuts at a young age. “When I was 14, I…
Local restaurateur Luis SolisDelgado, 44, of Idyllwild was arrested Thursday, April 27, on Acacia Avenue in Hemet and booked on five felony charges — one count of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age and four counts of sodomy with a child under 10. “I was informed detectives are actively…
Matt Boss called the minute the Town Crier’s contest started to identify the four men published in this week’s Past Tense column. He correctly identified, from left, Brian Kretsinger, Bud Hunt, Robin Oates and, of course, Matt’s father Pat Boss. Matt won a Town Crier subscription for being the first to call Thursday morning with…
At about 5:40 p.m. Monday, May 8, Phillip Wills, 62, of Idyllwild, was driving his 2003 Honda Pilot eastbound on Highway 74 just west of Doe Canyon Road at mile marker 38.66, near Cranston Guard Station. According to the press release from the California Highway Patrol, Bernardo Santana-Brito, 52, of Huntington Beach, was driving his…
By James EckhardtRiverside Mountain Rescue Unit (RMRU) Editor’s note: RMRU gave us permission to reprint this story from its website. Our sincerest condolences go out to the family and friends of Chelsea Walsh and Gavin Escobar [both of Huntington Beach]. The two climbers died in a fall from Tahquitz Rock (Lily Rock) Wednesday, Sept. 28….
“These are tough times, but people came through for us last year and I hope they can do better this year,” said Firefighter Mark Spehar …