Cal Trans will have intermittent closures on Highway 243 this Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. from Mt. Edna Road to Smith Creek Road in Banning. The Caltrans Rock Climbing and Bank Scaling Team will be removing slide material and rocks from the slope adjacent to the highway. This specialized team, made up of…
More than a decade ago, I received a visit from a retired federal government official in my office on Village Center Drive. I had been forewarned about this visit from a friend. When the official arrived, my ear was to the phone in a conversation. I was on deadline. The person at the front desk…
It was a reunion of people from all over Southern California — parents, grandparents, children, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, girlfriends and widows. Yes, widows. And friends and co-workers. And TV crews. In an unlikely place for one — a barren area that requires driving a long, rutted, rocky and unpaved road — this family reunion…
The Nov. 1, 1946, TC, declared it would be published semi-occasionally, and that Betty and Ernest Maxwell’s policy “is flexible …” Peppered throughout with a few of Ernie’s drawings — like a scribbled box with the words “Snow Scene” and nothing else drawn inside — the first issue was more of a newsletter about goings…
The Riverside County Planning Commission has canceled its meeting for 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2. One of the items on the agenda was the Idyllwild Community Center’s conditional use permit. The Planning Department notified ICC President Janice Lyle on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 1, that the county had improperly noticed the ICC project. The planning commission…
One person was killed and three injured in a 2-vehicle collision on Highway 74 at Courtesy Drive in Garner Valley this morning. The coroner has identified the deceased as Stanley Vandyke of Oceanside. The collision between a red Ford Fiesta and white Ford truck was reported at 10:33 a.m. Cal Fire paramedics used cut and…
A body was recovered from a car crash near Lake Fulmor on Thursday, Oct. 27. The California Highway Patrol reported a crash at 4:37 p.m. with a vehicle plunging 50 feet over the side and hitting a tree before coming to rest. According to CHP Officer Julie Patton, San Gorgonio Pass Station, the vehicle was…
I attended the Saturday, Oct. 15, private screening of Marcia Waldorf and Jim Crawford’s infomercial, primarily filmed in Idyllwild. Most of those who attended appeared on screen. Three things impressed me about the infomercial that will air nationwide around January. One, it highly promoted our beautiful village, showcasing several local businesses, as well as our…
Today at noon, family and friends gathered at the site in the Twin Pines area to mark the 10th anniversary of the Oct. 26, 2006, Esperanza Fire that took the lives of five of the crew of the Alandale Guard Station: Capt. Mark Loutzenhiser, Jess McLean, Jason McKay, Pablo Cerda and Daniel Hoover Najera. Here…
U.S. Forest Service firefighters are on scene of a small 5-foot-by-5-foot vegetation fire in the Alvin Meadows area behind Idyllwild Arts. The location is on Forest Service land. The fire possibly was caused by lightning. At this time, it is actively raining in the area. Non-Forest Service firefighters were dispatched, then held in place and…
