Caltrans releases video warning of sudden closures along 74 and 243 due to weather
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Caltrans District 8 has released a video warning of sudden road closures due to rainfall, which could cause dangerous conditions along highways 243 and 74. The video states that the possibility of closures could be the reality for Hill residents for the next several years until vegetation has regrown.
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, Aug. 8 to 14. (IFPD has a new system of reporting and is working to include times in its logs.) • Aug. 8 — Public service. Oakwood Lane.• Aug. 9 — Service call. 54000 block of South Circle Dr.• Aug. 11…
Mark DeAntonio, 52, of Pine Cove has a felony settlement conference set for Monday, July 9. DeAntonio was arrested on June 25 for suspicion of negligently discharging a fire arm, manufacturing a zip gun and being under the influence while in possession of a loaded and operable firearm. The first two charges are felonies. He…
At left, Friday, at the Town Crier’s new location on North Circle Drive, two $1,000 scholarships were awarded to two successful high school students, chosen out of 70 candidates. Mitchell Biley, who will be attending CalPoly San Luis Obispo in the fall, received his scholarship from Steve Espinoza, Rotary Club president. Danika Hitchcock, who will be attending the University of California, Irvine, in the fall, received the Mary Austin Grant scholarship from Suzi Capparelli, grant ambassador. From left, are Mitchell Biley, Joann Tomsche (Mitchell’s mother), Steve Espinoza, Patty Carratello (Idyllwild School liaison), Doug Austin (founder of the Mary Austin Grant Scholarship Fund), Suzi Capparelli, Danika Hitchcock and Dan Hitchcock (Danika’s father).
The turnout for the 2013 Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission election was 37 percent, the lowest since the 2001 election. Registered voters in the district have declined from 1,799 in 2001 to 1,593 this year, which was 44 more than 2011, the nadir. Besides the decline in registered voters, the actual number of votes cast…
Idyllwild Rotary Anns Club is seeking applicants for the Spirit of Tahquitz Grant. Grant criteria are as follows: • Must be a single woman living on her own in Idyllwild/Pine Cove, raising a child or children (under age 18) with financial needs she cannot fulfill. This includes grandmothers and aunts, as well as mothers. •…
Sen. Jeff Stone (R-Riverside County) has announced the availability of applications for the 2017-18 California Senate Fellows program. The program provides college graduates an opportunity to become full-time Senate staff members at the state Capitol in Sacramento for 11 months beginning in October 2017. Fellows are assigned to the personal or committee staff of a…
