Highway 243 is closed in both directions just north of Lake Fulmor. However, a second project on Hwy. 243 between Skyland Ranch and Mt. Edna Road will result in a flagging operation. One lane will be open and pilot vehicle will guide traffic through the work zone. This work, slope and drainage repairs, will be…
The body of David Bradish was found Saturday, Dec. 8. He had been missing since Monday, Nov. 26. Another search and rescue effort was initiated yesterday. On Wednesday, his dog, Ginger, was found near the Fern Valley Corners area of Idyllwild. Rain delayed the new search until Saturday. Bradish was 80-years-old and suffered from Alzheimer’s….
Beginning today, Friday, Dec. 7 at 9 a.m., Highway 243 was closed in both directions near Lake Fulmor through Friday, Dec. 14, Cal Trans announced Thursday. The closure location is just northwest of Lake Fulmor, and work will continue 24/7 until it’s completed. Cal Trans stressed in its press release, “Traffic will not be allowed…
The intensive search for David Elliot Bradish, 80, ended Thursday, Nov. 29. He has been missing since about 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, and has not been found. Thursday’s rain and snow made this kind of search more and more difficult. Bradish is a white male, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, with gray hair and…
A recent arrival in Idyllwild, David Elliot Bradish, 80, left his new residence on North Circle in Idyllwild in the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 26 to walk his dog Ginger. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department press release, Bradish suffers from stage two Alzheimer’s. News sped quickly throughout the town, with residents alerted by…
By Jack Clark Co-publisher and General Counsel When you advertise your business in the Town Crier, you avoid “empty advertising calories” several ways: Focus: Your TC ad is read by thousands of Members and other readers, on and off the Hill, who are keen on Idyllwild — not hundreds of thousands of readers who are…
Editor: What happened to logic and common sense in our country? We have 40,000 citizens in California who lost everything in the wildfires; tax-paying, contributing, members of our society. We have several thousand people at our borders, many of whom have not respected or complied with our laws. They are forcefully trying to enter our…
Editor: I commend Mountain Disaster Preparedness for helping to prepare the community to deal with a wise policy of preventive power-grid shutdowns during hazardous fire weather. The recent community meeting (“MDP meeting covers, purchase, use of generators,” Town Crier, Nov. 22, 2018) focused on using fossil-fuel energy sources, but I would strongly encourage most Idyllwild…
Editor: We awoke to jets flying over our house this morning. We went to the Nature Center and had a wonderful hike accompanied by pretty much non-stop jets, now I am in my studio, jets galore. Tonight our sleep will probably be to the sound of jets flying through the night. This started in 2017…
Rain started falling on the Hill hours before sunrise Thursday, Nov. 29, and continued into the next morning. By noon Friday, about 2.16 inches had been recorded at the Idyllwild Fire Station. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station had received about 2 inches of rain. The higher elevations did receive snow, which could be…
