By Kris Krisbaum Contributor A committee of the recently formed Snow Group met with a variety of local business owners at the Idyllwild Library at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23. This was the second of three meetings to address issues that come with the flood of visitors the Hill experiences during the winter. The…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats welcomed Crue and Jet, two new ARF dogs. Anabel: Well, that was a quiet weekend. George: No kidding. And next weekend will be even quieter. Bobbie: Boy, that’s the truth! Anabel: Why do you guys say that? Bobbie: Saturday is the ARF beer festival….
The Santa Clarita Valley Police Department arrested Timothy Arthur Jones, 32, after a vehicle pursuit on Wednesday, May 17. In arrest reports, Jones is both identified as a transient and as an Idyllwild resident. One of the deputies was patrolling in Stevenson Ranch on Faulkner Lane in Santa Clarita and noticed a vehicle driving erratically….
Even with a busy Memorial Day on the Hill, the California Highway Patrol reported only one incident — an injury crash on private land in the Pinyon communities off of Highway 74. At 10:45 a.m. Monday, May 29, Lupita Soto, 60, of Palm Desert, was driving her 1995 Toyota Previa westbound on Pinyon Drive, two-tenths…
An Idyllwild man has been charged with three felonies in a shooting incident that took place in Los Angeles. According to Richard Santiago, media relations at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Edward Figueroa, also known as “Thumper,” 37, an alleged gang member, is charged with shooting a man multiple times in the legs…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, May 21 to 27. Idyllwild • May 21 — Public disturbance, Country Club Dr. Handled by deputy. • May 21 — Man with gun, address undefined. Handled by deputy. • May 21 — Alarm call, 53000 block of…
Jean, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to many, with a smile that never quit, passed away peacefully in her home in Idyllwild on Thursday, May 25, 2017. She is preceded in death by her first husband, John Lucas Miller (1924-1973) and her second husband, Dr. David Hinds Reid (1916-2006). Jean is…
After a short, but hard-fought battle with cancer, Theresa left us here on Earth to be with God on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Born Theresa Mary Busch on Dec. 1, 1959, she married Ron Everhart in 1978. They moved with their two kids to Idyllwild in 1987 and, shortly after, a third child was…
(This is taken from a Cal Fire press release.) After a wet winter, warming temperatures are quickly drying out the abundant annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by the high volume of dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting Cal Fire to suspend all burn permits for outdoor residential…
(This is taken from an HUSD press release.) The Hemet Unified School District on Thursday, May 25, announced that the district and the Hemet Teachers Association reached a tentative agreement for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years. Both parties mutually agreed to enter into mediation on Monday, March 29, regarding Article 9 Salary and Article…
