Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies arrested local Alfredo Tartaglia on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse. According to an RCSD Hemet station press release, Tartaglia was arrested after witnesses and a surveillance video confirmed his identity. Deputies arrested him at his residence after a brief struggle and booked him into the…
The Town Crier staff is working on the 2013 Homes and Land Improvement edition, which comes out on March 7. Like last year, we’re asking readers to send in their questions for local service providers. The best questions will be answered in an informative “Ask the Experts” feature. Questions can range from landscaping to roofing,…
The Idyllwild grinding facility will resume Saturday operations beginning May 4 and continuing through Nov. 30. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-through-Friday operations will continue uninterrupted, and green waste will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., with the facility closed between noon and 1 p.m. for lunch. Winter closure on…
In 2015, local residents are hoping that May showers may bring June flowers. This has been one of the wettest Mays in decades. Through this weekend, the U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station has recorded 2.7 inches of rain for May, including a half-inch from Friday through Sunday. Pine Cove received about 0.3 inches during…
Photos by Marjie Ibanez UPDATE 1:13 p.m.: The incident commander is reporting that a person is in custody. UPDATE 1:03 p.m.: Both lanes are open to traffic. The incident commander is releasing more resources from the fire and now reporting the acreage at 3.4. UPDATE 12:35 p.m.: Firefighters are mopping up the Cranston Fire and…
The agenda for the September meeting of the Idylliwld Water DistrictBoard of Directors included the preliminary engineering report for theWastewater Treatment Plant project, prepared by Specialized UtilityServices Program Engineering (SUSP.) Last month the board members and GMBill Rojas expressed exasperation with SUSP’s delays in delivering thisdocument, which must be in hand before the applications for…
