When asked if Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz had received his paramedics license yet, IFPD Commission President Jerry Buchanan said the grand jury got that wrong. Reitz’s contract does not require him to have the license. Thus dismissing the whole report. However, the job description, which the commission issued, does require a paramedics license. Wouldn’t…
A motorcyclist was fatally injured in a traffic collision in Mountain Center Saturday afternoon. Graydon Tucker, 77, of Beaumont, was injured at 2:15 p.m. and transferred by Reach Air to the Desert Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. CHP Public Information Officer Darren Meyer said Tucker was traveling southbound on…
Former TC Publisher Grace Reed established the Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award in 2011, the year Emax would have turned 100. The award recognizes an individual or entity who best exemplifies our community spirit through their volunteer efforts, as Emax did. After the nomination deadline, the TC chooses three it deems most worthy from the…
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department made several felony arrests this paper reported in the past few months that the District Attorney’s office lowered when it filed the charges as misdemeanors in the Superior Court. Jason Michael Roney, 24, was released on $5,000 bail after a June 20, arrest on several felony charges in Idyllwild. Roney’s…
The city of San Jacinto is widening the Ramona Expressway over about a 10-month period beginning Monday, Aug. 11, from the two existing lanes to five lanes. Sean Motlagh, project manager in the City Engineering Department, said the project will modify traffic signals, improve drainage and add a bike path, too. The project is between…
According to CHP Officer Mike Murawski, two males in their 20s were critically injured after losing control of their Honda Civic while traveling at high speeds eastbound on Highway 74 near McCall Park Road Monday around 4:30 p.m. The Honda crossed the double yellow line, colliding with a Penske truck traveling westbound. Both patients in the Honda were…
I’ve missed out on beaches for years until one of our offspring and family moved to San Diego a few months ago. When they asked what we wanted to do this weekend, I said, “Go to the beach.” After our Friday California Newspaper Publishers Association quarterly meeting in San Diego, Jack and I headed to…
For people concerned about their dogs succumbing to rattlesnake bites, a preventive measure may be Crotalus Atrox Toxoid, a rattlesnake vaccine for canines that Red Rock Biologics in Sacramento developed. The vaccine “was developed to provide protection for dogs against Western Diamondback Rattlesnake venom,” Red Rock’s website reads. “… this vaccine may also provide protection…
The idea of living simpler and living closer to nature appeals to many and is making a comeback. Bill and Edna Price became experts at it when they traveled with burros for 10 years between Death Valley and the Grand Canyon, more so than the movement being explored today among young people. The Prices hunted…
Idyllwild Property Owners Association, once a thriving community club, now serves the purpose of giving “the little guy a voice,” by getting discounts for its members from five different propane companies, and making anonymous donations to community causes, said its only board member, Trish Seward, acting member chair. Seaward said she has repeatedly tried to…
