At about 10 a.m. Monday, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a child endangerment call in the 31000 block of Pine Street, Garner Valley. The reporting party advised she tried to put her 2-year-old daughter to bed the previous evening but she would not fall asleep. Her daughter was talking rapidly, scratching her skin, could…
Editor: After working as a volunteer with one of the organizations that helps with the Fourth of July parade for many years, I would like to pass along some unofficial suggestions that may help some of you enjoy the holiday even more. 1. If you live in Fern Valley, plan to use Lodge and South…
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…
Idyllwild has many nonprofits whose activities improve the life of the community. Some provide propane for the needy, some entertainment, some educational services, some art lessons and some disaster preparedness assistance. Only one, the Idyllwild Community Fund, has as its sole mission to provide grants to area nonprofits to help them meet key project objectives….
Editor: Dr. Minnich’s ideas have been rejected by both the scientific and firefighting communities for more than a decade now. His comparison between Southern California and Baja is without merit. The two regions are radically different and are not comparable. Large fires have always been a part of the California landscape. For example, the 1889…
Editor: I read Dr. Richard Minnich’s article in the June 12 Town Crier and agree completely with him. However, when the lumbermen came through early in the last century, they took almost everything, leaving the land to grow back to brush piles and thickets of small, overcrowded trees, then 100 years of fire suppression led…
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…
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…
