Editor: This community deserves a further explanation, if not an apology, from the Riverside County District Attorney’s office for its handling of the Cranston Fire arson case. The logical result of the “plea bargain” given to this defendant is that a relatively young convicted arsonist will be turned loose in six or eight years to…
Editor’s note: Each year, the Town Crier reports the information below for the three local water districts — Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove — and the Idyllwild Fire Protection District. The FVWD information appeared in the Feb. 7 issue, the IWD information was in the Feb. 14 issue and the PCWD information was published…
Idyllwild Fire Here are some of the calls Idyllwild Fire responded to recently. • Feb. 20 — Medical aid, 1:57 p.m. Glen Road. Canceled en route. • Feb. 21 — Medical aid, 10 a.m. Pine Crest Ave. • Feb. 25 — Medical aid, 10:36 a.m. unknown location. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet…
The California Highway Patrol reported two crashes on Hill roads over the last week, one involving a school bus. At 9:25 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, El Sayed Eldahawy, 49, of Lake Elsinore, was driving a red 2001 Ford F-150 truck eastbound on Highway 74, ½ mile west of Santa Rosa Truck Trail, when he ran…
Mark DeAntonio, 53, of Pine Cove, who was charged in June with negligently discharging a firearm, has had several hearings in January regarding his attorney’s request for a mental health diversion. Penal Code sections 1001.35 and 1001.36 authorize this review, according to the public defender’s request. The latest scheduled court hearing was to be Feb….
The California Public Utilities Commission; the Geographical Information Center at California State University, Chico; and CSU, Monterey Bay, are seeking 500 volunteers to take part in the CPUC Home Internet Study, CalSPEED Home. Many consumers of broadband Internet service wonder whether they are getting the quality of service for which they are paying. California is…
As part of his budget recommendations last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed to revive the water tax as a means to help poor and small water districts provide safe drinking water. During the Legislature’s last session, the proposal to tax water bills throughout the state met with strong opposition, regardless of the reason and how…
70 years ago – 1949 There were heated arguments at the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce meeting regarding whether the Chamber acted properly in endorsing plans for a cocktail bar at the Idyllwild Inn. 65 years ago – 1954 During the opening weekend of Idyllwild Market, owner Joe Darnell rigged up an alarm set to go…
The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema celebrates its 10th year with increasing industry recognition and competition among indie filmmakers to be accepted into what has become a festival for making major placement and distribution deals. Founder and Festival Chair Stephen Savage noted that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in recognizing the festival,…
First you dream. Then you act. Stories that inspire us begin with dreams, often seemingly impossible dreams. “Breathe Breana,” a feature-length documentary candidate for Best Documentary and Best Director at the 2019 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema chronicles a young girl’s daring dream — to become a tandem surfing champion while handicapped by cystic fibrosis….
