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By Idyllwild Town Crier

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On Tuesday, Oct. 23, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the Planning Commission’s recommendation to amend Ordinance 348 to regulate cannabis activities within the unincorporated areas of Riverside County, including the Hill. The hearing’s notice states the project case file may be viewed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m….
After years of being closed, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) reopened its Lake Hemet substation Dec. 3, 2020 and held the grand opening Dec. 7. RCSD personnel and community members were able to meet and see the inside of the substation.As of Dec. 7, the substation has been fully staffed with eight deputies and…
Three traffic incidents occurred over the last week, according to Darren Meyer, California Highway Patrol public information officer. Reports are taken from the responding officer narratives. At 9:55 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, Omar Razo, 40, of Idyllwild, was driving his 2007 silver Toyota Yaris eastbound on Highway 74, 1 mile east of Lake Hemet Road…
The Town Crier recently hosted a roundtable discussion with public safety officials, who would be in the management positions in the event we had another fire. To give the conversation context, we used the Cranston Fire. This served in giving the readers a look into behind the scenes thoughts and actions taken by public safety…
Idyllwild Water District will move to a Stage 2 Water Shortage Emergency on Sunday, Sept. 1. General Manager Terry Lyons made the recommendations to the Board of Directors at the July 24 meeting. “Foster Lake is at a 3-foot depth at the deepest part of the lake,” Lyons reported to the board. He also said…
A Banning motorcyclist lost his life last week on Highway 243. At about 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, Thai Yang, 40, of Banning, was riding a 2009 Yamaha motorcycle southbound on Highway 243. He was about 1 mile north of Mountain Center. Vincent Brooks, 26, of Mountain Center, was driving a blue Ford F-150 northbound…