On Thursday, March 31, Idyllwild Fire Department and the U.S. Forest Service responded to a fire on the Ernie Maxwell Trail. It was about 0.7 miles below Humber Park, and the two fire units extinguished it.
“Someone had started what appeared to be a warming fire in a large log along the trail,” wrote Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz. “The fire was reported by hikers that were in the area.”
Editor’s Note: The 2024 Presidential Election will be Tuesday, November 5. Besides the races for President and the U.S. Senate, to succeed Diane Feinstein, there are many local races which will determine who represents the Hill in the State Assembly and the U.S. Congress. The Town Crier will be writing about the races for the…
The defense motion to eliminate the prior strikes against Marcus Green was denied earlier this month. Green, 51, of Thermal, was the driver of a car that went over the side of Highway 74 in May 2016 and resulted in the death of a 5-month-old child. The Riverside County District Attorney’s office has filed two…
Editor’s Note: This rollout of new credit card technology will be gradual. The Town Crier will follow it as it progresses and will be interested to hear from both merchant and card user issues as they develop. Beginning Thursday, Oct. 1, in order to tamp down credit card fraud, United States credit card giants MasterCard,…
Office remains open five days a week A contentious item on the Fern Valley Water District board’s action agenda last Friday was approved by a vote of three to one. At issue was an original proposal to adopt a 4/10 schedule for the district (four days a week, 10 hours a day, Monday through…
Directors for the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District gave customers an unusual Christmas gift Thursday evening, Dec. 20. The board unanimously agreed to raise its rates for all customers. LHMWD has two groups of customers — Garner Valley, and portions of Hemet and San Jacinto. About 240 of the more than 15,000 LHMWD customers live…
The California Department of Transportation announced that there will be delays on State Route 79 between Temecula and SR 371 next week. Caltrans will deploy multiple crews for various maintenance operations, or “swarm maintenance”, from Tuesday, Dec. 4 through Thursday, Dec. 6. In order to complete this important work, two-way traffic control will be in…
