Caltrans Public Information Officer Terri Kasinga said Highway 74 between Mountain Center and Hemet will be open with escorts 18 hours each day of the Memorial Day weekend. Hours will be 6 a.m. to midnight Saturday through Monday, May 25 to 27.
Hwy 74 open for Memorial Day weekend
By Jack Clark
Caltrans Public Information Officer Terri Kasinga said Highway 74 between Mountain Center and Hemet will be open with escorts 18 hours each day of the Memorial Day weekend. Hours will be 6 a.m. to midnight Saturday through Monday, May 25 to 27.
After a Sept. 10 presentation in which Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz addressed and tried to rebuff many of the issues in the recent ad campaign directed against the district during the election for commissioners, the department’s 2013-14 budget was unanimously approved. Reitz, however, did say that after the escrow for the sale of the…
The current financial position for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District looks good and remains consistent with the district’s fiscal year 2017-18 budget adopted last summer. The commission’s Finance Committee met Monday, Jan. 29, to review the November and December financial statements, conduct a mid-year review, discuss the capital improvement plan, and take a preliminary look…
An increase in water rates may be in the future for Pine Cove Water District customers. At the director’s meeting on Jan. 14, General Manager Jerry Holldber provided a preliminary report on the district’s future finances. Holldber was following up on several recommendations that Terry Shea, partner at Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott LLP, the…
Shortly before 8 p.m. Friday night, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department released the following information on the missing female hiker the Town Crier reported online earlier in the day: “On Wednesday, Sept. 11, six hikers reported seeing a female hiker in distress in the area of the Pacific Crest Trail and South Ridge Trail. The…
After nearly four days of preliminary hearings, Judge Bernard Schwartz of the Riverside County Superior Court, ruled that he found sufficient evidence to try Robert Lars Pape, 29, and Cristin Conrad Smith, 29, for the 2006 murders of Jon Hayward, Vicki Friedli and Vicki’s daughter Becky. An…
Three traffic collisions occurred on local roads over the last month, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.On Aug. 28 at 4:25 a.m., Sirinapa Ralph Phouphayry, 31 of Yucca Valley, was driving a white 2005 Nissan Titan northbound on Highway 243 south of Twin Pines Road at an unknown speed, and for…