On the evening of Wednesday, July 26, Idyllwild hiker and biologist Jon King was descending South Ridge Trail with his colleague Florian Boyd after their shift at Tahquitz Peak fire lookout. They had almost reached the trailhead near the top of South Ridge Road when they came upon these two Southern Pacific rattlesnakes engaged in a very…
70 years ago – 1947 A new telephone service was inaugurated, offering six trunk lines to Hemet. 65 years ago – 1952 Paul and Mary Gormley were manning the lookout post at Ranger Peak. During the rest of the year, the Gormleys worked as cook and butler for a family in the San Francisco area….
“… I leave this stage tonight even more optimistic about this country than I was when we started… This generation coming up – unselfish, altruistic, creative, patriotic – I’ve seen you in every corner of the country… You’ll soon outnumber any of us, and I believe as a result that the future is in good…
The next three episodes of “Days of Our Nine Lives” will be dedicated to profiling the cast of characters. Anabel: Lovely Anabel is a very friendly, loving 7-year old girl who came to ARF when her forever mom went into hospice. She was pretty sad for a while, but now she is a happy girl….
Although there is a little more than a month left in the summer, the Idyllwild Nature Center still has many special programs for everyone. On the weekend of Aug. 5 and 6, butterflies will be making their annual appearance at Butterfly Daze both days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. People can enter butterfly pavilions and observe Monarch butterflies at close range. Volunteers will be there to explain the life cycle of a butterfly and other pertinent butterfly facts.
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, July 16 to 22. Idyllwild • July 16 — 911 hangup from cell phone, 10:44 a.m., Riverside County Playground Rd. Handled by deputy. • July 16 — Defrauding an inkeeper, 11:31 a.m., Seneca Dr. Unfounded. • July 16…
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department invites the Hill community to a special “National Night Out Celebration,” announced Capt. Leonard Purvis of the Hemet Station. The event is intended to raise support for crime-prevention awareness and public safety. Staff from the Hemet Station will be at the Idyllwild Community Center site from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug….
One rollover crash, with an arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence, took place on Hill roads over the last week. At 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, Shawn Heutmaker, 30, of Escondido, was driving his white 2000 Toyota Tacoma truck eastbound on Highway 74, 2 miles east of the intersection with Highway 371 when…
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Firefighters have extinguished a car fire in a turnout 5 miles east of Cranston reported at 2:55 p.m. The highway is still closed, however. American Medical Response responded to a report that the car’s owner had burned his hands.
