By Caltrans The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is pleased to announce that Highway 243 will reopen today [Nov. 1] by 6 p.m. between Interstate 10 [Banning] and Idyllwild. The route has been closed since Feb. 14 due to catastrophic damage during a historical storm. Highway 243 was repaved during the emergency closure with a…
By Riverside County Sheriff’s Department On Oct. 30, personnel from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, California Highway Patrol, Hemet Police Department, Gang Task Force, Murrieta Police Department, United States Forestry Service, Animal Control, Riverside County Probation Department, Riverside County Cal-ID, Hemet Tactical Emergency Medical Services and American Medical Response conducted a high-impact zero-tolerance saturation patrol…
Richard (Dick) Price passed away from Alzheimer’s disease at age 77 in his home in Garner Valley on Sunday, Oct. 13 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in San Pedro, California and was the son of the late Robert and Aileen Price. Dick graduated in 1960 from San Pedro High School and later…
By Riverside County Department of Waste ResourcesContributed The County of Riverside is celebrating America Recycles Day with free family fun! Join the festivities from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16 in the Resource Garden located at the Riverside County Department of Waste Resources, 14310 Frederick St. in Moreno Valley. Spend the day and celebrate…
When a wildfire happens, hundreds of people converge with lights and sirens to try to stop it, but more importantly, to save lives. These efforts are big, complicated and take a lot of skill and training to make sure all goes smoothly and efficiently. On October 10, 2019, two wildfires started in Southern California, prompting…
By Aldo de la Mora, Ph.D.Contributed If you like drinking coffee, like I do, then you can thank ants for helping keep coffee farms healthy and productive. My name is Aldo de la Mora and I recently started working as the assistant director at the James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve (James Reserve). I study how…
By Will SteichenIdyllwild Community Center DirectorContributed 4- to 6-year-old division Bon Donavan and Danielle Rodriquez had outstanding games for the Red Hawks against the Renegades. Gregory Taylor had a goal for the Renegades and Cooper Lewis was awesome in the net. Royal Knights’ Beau Dillon scored the only goal of the game and Jude Olivier…
One day in 1997, Becky Clark, just promoted editor-in-chief of the Town Crier, was paying Town Crier bills when she came upon one for a few hundred dollars for dues to the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA). Not being sure what that bill was about, she investigated. She found that the CNPA existed to promote…
Editor: Young people are among the most concerned Americans about climate change. They have been energized recently by 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg from Sweden. Young people, realizing the inevitable catastrophe and urgency if we do not act soon, want solutions now. This younger generation will be the most impacted if nothing is done to…
By Trudy Lieberman, Community Health News ServiceContributed Along with crunchy leaves and pumpkins, fall brings a slew of advertising for insurance plans that fill the gaps in Medicare coverage. Misleading and confusing messages continue to reach beneficiaries and those nearing Medicare age. To take myself as an example I’ve received an invitation to a Medicare…
