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Snow, Christmas Tree lights arrive together
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Photos by Tom Kluzak

Well levels are lower at Fern Valley Water District owing to a drier than normal winter. Prior to the storm that dropped eight inches of snow in Idyllwild and 13-1⁄2 inches in Pine Cover and upper Fern Valley, precipitation was about half of what it had been last year at this time. Now it approaches…
Zero-policy immigration issue is the motivator “Galvanized by the images and voices of immigrant children separated from their parents by President Trump’s immigration policies, hundreds of thousands took to the streets Saturday in major cities and small towns across America to expressed outrage that they hope will carry over into the fall election,” reported the…
The Hidden Lake bluecurls have proven their resilience and perseverance. Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife published a notice and requested comments on its proposal to remove the San Jacinto Mountain native flower from the endangered and threatened list. The local plant, whose official name is Trichostema austromontanum ssp. compactum, was identified as a…
Third District Supervisor Jeff Stone tours the new library; staff changes worry some …
According to CHP Officer Chris Blondon, an unidentified male, aged 34, of Beaumont was riding his 2003 Honda CBR900RR motorcycle east on Highway 74 just below Mountain Center near mile marker 56.6 at about 9:45 a.m. Saturday when he lost control, drifting into the westbound lane. A group leaving church camp from Idyllwild Pines was traveling westbound en route…
Crystal Lynn St. Marie, 38, of Poppet Flats, was arrested in Palm Desert on March 17, and arraigned on Monday, March 21, charged with one count of felony identity theft. She is currently incarcerated in Indio Jail with bail set at $50,000, according to Riverside County District Attorney Information Specialist John Hall. She had previously…