THURSDAY 8:59 a.m. UPDATE: Updated mapping shows the Anza Fire at 450 acres and now 80 percent contained. WEDNESDAY 10:30 a.m. UPDATE: Updated mapping shows the Anza Fire at 450 acres and still 50 percent contained. TUESDAY 5:37 p.m. UPDATE: Incident Command now officially estimates the containment of the Anza fire at 50 percent. 2:20…
At 11:42 a.m. Monday, California Highway Patrol reported a motor home with smoke coming out of its engine 3 miles east of Highway 371 on the roadside of Highway 74. U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fire engines and personnel were dispatched about noon and arrived on scene to a vegetation fire about a quarter of…
Last week, Jack and I visited Monterey for the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s quarterly meeting. He and I serve on a committee and I serve on two boards, chairing one. After Friday’s meetings, we spent the weekend exploring, whale watching from our inn and eating incredible meals of fresh and luscious seafood, such as sand…
I endorsed a candidate only once before: Jeff Stone for state senator. We live outside of the two water district boundaries where voters plan to cast their ballots for an Aug. 25 election. Still, I know who I would vote for in both Idyllwild and Pine Cove races. I’m not telling, though. In this case,…
At about 2:53 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Lawrence Galluzzo (left), 44 ,of Riverside, was traveling westbound on highway 74 near highway 371 on his 2001 Suzuki GSX-R1000 when California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Murawski (right) attempted to make a traffic stop due to Galluzzo traveling over the posted 55mph speed limit. Galluzzo refused to stop, and…
Two things occupy my mind this Tuesday as we go to press. One, the long, redacted investigation into the cause of the Mountain Fire and now the two civil court cases filed last week against the owner and caretakers of the property where the fire ignited Monday, July 15, 2013. What irony that plaintiffs of…
Three of us who braved last Thursday’s summer concert huddled through the entire event, watching chairs fold up and people leaving in swarms as the sun rolled away and temperatures dropped. Children — who carry that warm, brown fat — never seemed to notice. They ran, whirled through the playground and ate ice cream, including…
The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the names of two men who died on the Hill over the past few weeks. Sgt. Escobar of the Coroner’s Office said Michael Maretti, 73, an Idyllwild transient, died of natural causes in his car in the St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church parking lot in Idyllwild. He was discovered…
We held the Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award contest earlier this year so the winner, Wendy Read, could ride in the Fourth of July Parade. At first, it seemed unfortunate that because I waited so long to enter, our parade placement came toward the tail end. But because of that, the seven of us in…
By Marshall Smith Staff Reporter On Saturday July 4, at about 7:20 p.m., a 64-year-old man of Escondido was driving his 1999 Nissan Maxima westbound on Highway 74 just west of the intersection with Carrizo Road in Pinyon. With him in the vehicle was Natalia Adaca, 58, also of Escondido. Mary Jane Plante, 46,…
