Fire in wilderness
Firefighters are fighting a small fire in the San Jacinto State Park Wilderness area. U.S. Forest Service Keenwild Helitack 535 is making water drops and the fire is only 20-feet-by-50-feet.
Author: Idyllwild Town Crier
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Crowd comes out for fire chiefs meeting
About 100 people came to Town Hall last Thursday night to hear and communicate with three fire chiefs representing four jurisdictions on the Hill. Each chief spoke independently on topics such as yard abatement, house hardening, the upcoming fire season, evacuation during a fire, projects to protect the community and the reverse 911 system. Unlike…
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Forest Service lessens closure area restrictions
The Mountain Fire closure area has been modified to allow portions of Bonita Vista Road 5S05 and May Valley Road 5S21 for non-motorized use. San Bernardino National Forest Supervisor Jody Noiron signed the forest order June 24, which is effective through Nov. 14, 2014. “In a nutshell, what we’ve done is open a portion of…
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Southbound lane now open on 243
CHP Officer Ron Esparza investigates the scene at this afternoon’s fatal crash on Highway 243. Photo by John Pacheco Highway 243’s southbound lane is now open with traffic control following a nearly three-hour closure due to a fatal traffic collision involving a county vehicle and a sedan. At about 2:30 p.m. Monday, a white Honda Civic…
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Fatality on Highway 74
According to CHP Officer Chris Blondon, an unidentified male, aged 34, of Beaumont was riding his 2003 Honda CBR900RR motorcycle east on Highway 74 just below Mountain Center near mile marker 56.6 at about 9:45 a.m. Saturday when he lost control, drifting into the westbound lane. A group leaving church camp from Idyllwild Pines was traveling westbound en route…
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Fire chiefs meeting
About 100 people came out to Town Hall Thursday night to hear Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz, Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins and U.S. Forest Service Fire Chief Dan Felix talk about preparing for fire season and then answer questions from the audience. Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council sponsored the informative meeting that lasted…
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Out Loud: Summer is upon us …
I have more than a couple of issues on my mind this week. With summer upon us, events, concerts, festivals and vacations keep us quite occupied. And that brings me to one concern — vacation photos. We love publishing you, family and friends with the Town Crier throughout all areas of the world. Lately, however,…
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Out loud: Budgets …
Thanks to those of you who responded to last week’s column and apologies to Helene Lohr for leaving the “e” off her first name. All government agencies affecting us from the county level to the local water districts take their June 30 budget deadline seriously. And they should because we, the people, want to know…
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Out Loud: Columns …
Some of us have high aspirations about our ideals and that certainly applies to me. In April, we unofficially affiliated ourselves with the Idyllwild Library and promised a regular column, “This Week at the Library.” I stated that the column would be weekly, unlike many of our current regular features. And most of the time,…
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Breaking news: Arrest warrant issued for suspect
On June 6, 2014, deputies from the Hemet Station were dispatched to the unincorporated community of Anza to investigate a male adult in a pickup truck chasing a teen-aged male on dirt bike. Deputies located the teenager who stated the adult who chased him was his previous employer, 51-year-old, Randy Morasch. During the course of…