An unencrypted laptop computer reported missing from Riverside County Regional Medical Center in December might have contained the personal information of patients who received ophthalmology and dermatology services at the hospital between Jan. 26, 2012, and Nov. 26, 2014. RCRMC Chief Compliance Officer Jan Remm said the hospital immediately notified law enforcement and began a…
At its Jan. 27 meeting, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission voted to send a letter to Riverside Superior Court Judge Harold Hopp objecting to the behavior of the current grand jury and its treatment of witnesses representing the district. In a letter Commission President Jerry Buchanan and Fire Chief Patrick Reitz signed after the…
Not long ago, my wife was cleaning up an old framed, hand-tinted photograph of a nondescript desert scene, a piece we’d inherited from my parents years ago. Because my father loved the desert, I assumed this was merely a personal memento of times he’d spent as a teenager visiting relatives at Mecca. Yet it had…
Patrick Barry, Art Alliance of Idyllwild member and volunteer, with extensive experience with other off-Hill nonprofits, cited communication difficulties with and lack of response from the current board as one of the major hurdles facing AAI members. Barry said he sent an email request to the board on Jan. 13, 10 days before the general…
THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED SINCE ITS ORIGINAL VERSION The mystery of the second damaged painted deer (of the Deer Sightings Project) appears to have been solved. Robert Richard Rutherford, 56, of Idyllwild was arrested about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, for several driving-under-the influence charges. The arresting California Highway Patrol officer documented Rutherford’s vehicle…
Early in the morning of Friday, Jan. 30, a man and his son escaped a burning house in Idyllwild. While the entrance is on Marion View Drive, its location is about equally between Marion View and S. Circle drives. The fire caused power lines to fall on Marion View Drive, which was closed for several…
A settlement has been reached between the Hemet Unified School District and the Hemet Teachers Association. The mediated fact-finding process began Monday, Jan. 26. Two days later, late Wednesday afternoon, a proposed settlement was reached. HTA members ratified the tentative agreement Thursday evening. Nearly 95 percent of the HTA membership supported the agreement, which is…
An Anza woman was flown to Desert Regional Medical Center with major injuries Tuesday morning after her vehicle collided with a cow. Gina Johnson, 45, was driving a 2005 silver Dodge Neon eastbound on Highway 74 just east of the Santa Rosa Indian Reservation Road when she collided head-on with a black cow at about…
Brendan Steele carded a 6-under-par-71-67-71-69 — 278, earning a tie for 26th place at the Waste Management Phoenix Open last week. He collected 14 birdies against 8 bogeys and was double-bogey free. He has now made 10 consecutive cuts on the PGA Tour, last season and this. The native Idyllwilder found 62.5 percent of the…
A motorcyclist was injured in a crash just south of Idyllwild Thursday, Jan. 22, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer. Marcus Wagner, 21, of Moreno Valley, was riding a 2014 Kawasaki Ninja south on Highway 243 just 350 north of Saunders Meadow Road when he entered a left-hand curve and laid…
