
Cranston Fire, Saturday 10:15 a.m. — Photo by Steven King
By Jack Clark
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 Jan. 8, 2012, Lawler Fire was caused by an ember that remained within a pile of burned slash that had been ignited several weeks before, according to CAL FIRE investigators. In a press release on March 30, CAL FIRE identified the pile burns, which had been conducted in the area on Dec. 19, 2011….
Marcus Green’s felony settlement conference on Sept. 16 was re-scheduled for Friday, Nov. 18. Green, 51, of Thermal, was the driver of a car that went over the side of Highway 74 in May and resulted in the death of a 5-month-old child. The district attorney’s office has filed two felony charges — murder and…
Each afternoon, from Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 15 to 17, Riverside County Emergency Management officials issued warnings of possible scattered heavy rain in the Cranston Fire area and potential mudslides. Evacuations of the Hurkey Creek, Apple Canyon, Fleming Ranch and Strawberry Creek areas were issued each afternoon. The Cranston Fire, which was started by arson…
At 4:20 a.m. Monday, June 18, a black 2016 Dodge Dart driven by Erick Sosie, 20, of Arizona, traveling west on Highway 74 a mile east of Scenic Drive, unsafely turned his car toward the shoulder, which caused his car to collide with the mountain side, and the vehicle overturned, according to the California Highway…
Two weeks ago, after taking sworn testimony from 11 individuals, the grand jury issued a report formally recommending that Idyllwild Fire Protection District commissioners consider terminating both Capt. Mark LaMont and Fire Chief Patrick Reitz. In an action that could be described as thumbing their noses at the grand jury, IFPD commissioners this week unanimously…