

Truck goes off Hwy. 243
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A tow truck pulls a pickup truck back onto Hwy. 243 Wednesday morning. Photo by Mike Freitas

More forecast for next weekend — maybe snow, too It’s early for April showers and late for a normal rainfall year, but the first 10 days of March 2018 have brought much-needed precipitation to the Hill. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station recorded slightly more than 1 1/2 inches of rain from Saturday morning…
The Pine Cove Water District Board of Directors passed the FY 2021/22 budget in a 4-0 vote at its June meeting. Director Rose Venard was absent. Adjustments were made from the proposed budget that was presented at the May meeting.Directors Venard and Lou Padula, who were absent from the May meeting, met with General Manager…
About 4:50 a.m. Tuesday, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake occurred about 9 miles north of Cabazon. The earth trembled as far south as San Diego and west to Santa Clarita. Four other temblors followed this quake. Their magnitudes ranged from 2.2 to 3.2. The last one recorded was about 5:40 a.m. No major damage has been reported….
Two high-ranking officers from Riverside Sheriff’s Office came to the Idyllwild Library on Sept. 19 at the invitation of Idyllwild Indivisible to speak to an audience of mostly skeptical locals about RSO’s use of Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras. They were Walter Mendez, Captain of RSO’s Hemet Station, and Chief Deputy Ken Reichle. Mendez…
On the March 5 Primary Ballot, seven candidates are seeking the state Assembly seat for District 36. No incumbent is in the election. The Democratic Party candidates are Edgard Garcia, Jose “Joey” Acuna, Waymond Fermon, Tomas Olivia and Eric Rodriguez. The two Republican Party candidates are Jeff Gonzalez and Kalin Morse. The two candidates with…