1:58 p.m. update: Helicopter 301 and crew have been released from the Tahquitz Fire. All except one crew should be released by end of day, according to a forest official. The one crew will remain overnight in case of a flare-up. 1:08 p..m. update: Crew members in the wilderness reported the Tahquitz Fire is at…
Robin Williams’ suicide has opened the door for more of us to open up about a dark subject. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s revelation that she suffers from depression is admirable, though running a department that large and important from home while she deals with this challenge is not doable. As I said, I…
In life, we tend to run with the crowd with whom we have most in common.That’s true from the time little kids find the same interests in Chutes ‘n’ Ladders, all the way up to old age playing bingo. Those crowds do change over time. We may lose interest in people who did not parent…
Our mix of news and features, I felt, needed a dose of local humor — a poke at how serious we take ourselves in the town sometimes. And I didn’t want to hear yet one more time, “Cartoons in the Town Crier are never funny.” I wanted something people would say was funny, an idea…
Following a rash of break-ins and theft, a team of Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies visited businesses Wednesday, Sept. 17, telling owners not to leave any cash inside the buildings when they close at night. Here, Deputy Carrasco talks with La Casita owner Roberto Garcia. Photo by Becky Clark
A burglar or burglars busted into two businesses on North Circle Drive either Sunday night or Monday morning searching only for cash about three weeks after similar incidents at two other North Circle Drive locations. Lori Parker, owner of Florist in the Forest, discovered someone had forced their way into her shop but nothing was…
Remarkable upgrades occurring now and in the recent past show that Idyllwild’s artistry doesn’t just reside on canvas. The geniuses of the Rechtfertigs surprised us with The Grand Idyllwild Lodge in its Arts and Crafts and environmentally friendly design, along with the entire experience the Rechtfertigs give their guests. With Tahquitz and Suicide rocks, wilderness…
A disappointed women’s pool team captained by former Idyllwild resident Geri Peterson was defeated in Round 3 on the first day at the American Poolplayers Association National Team Championships in Las Vegas mid-August. Peterson, who now lives in Hemet but has worked at Fairway Market for years, said, “We were very disappointed. What we did…
People often ask us why we report on so many government meetings when most small-town newspapers do not. It’s pretty easy to explain though not so easy to perform the task since so many boards govern various special districts and such on the Hill. Four water districts, Fern Valley, Idyllwild, Pine Cove and then Lake…
No one was injured in a roll-over traffic collision Monday at about 3:20 p.m. California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer said Marco Cervantes, 42, of Yucca Valley was driving the gray 2000 Toyota Tundra truck on Highway 243 when it rolled over about a half mile north of Mt. Edna Road. Cervantes and…
