Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, July 22 to 28. Idyllwild • July 22 — Suspicious person, 1:01 a.m., 54000 block of Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy. • July 22 — Assist other department, 2 p.m., 24000 block of Fern Valley Rd. Handled…
Editor’s note: Instead of interviewing folk in our community about this fire that came so close to swallowing our towns, we decided to let people speak for themselves and let you read their accounts in hopes that some of this will result in some healing for all of us. Breanna Jewell We had barely returned…
The name of the Anza man who was killed in a one-vehicle collision at about 9:20 p.m. Friday, July 20, 1/4-mile east of Cahuilla Way on Highway 74, has been identified as Keith Marlin, 44. Marlin was driving a 1998 Mercedes Benz E320 westbound on Highway 74, west of Palowet Drive. For reasons still under…
Andrea Bond lost her Deerfoot Lane home to the Cranston Fire sometime Wednesday night, July 25. “It all happened pretty fast, but I remember having a normal morning. I went outside close to noon and saw ash falling, smelled the smoke and noticed my neighbors appeared to be in a panic. I quickly started packing…
When I arrived at Banning High School Saturday afternoon July 28, it was 106 degrees in the shade. I parked and walked across sizzling asphalt toward the cafeteria area, passing a woman lying on a cot under a shade tent speaking with a Red Cross volunteer, empty water bottles strewn about on the grass around…
WNKI 578 – 1610 AM, is broadcasting 24/7 from Idyllwild Fire and continues to update our community with reports on the Cranston Fire. Roland Gaebert and Bill Tell placed the newly acquired a 10-watt transmitter into service serving greater Idyllwild and Mountain Center areas, informing local populations with evacuation orders, routes, closures and fire updates….
• Wildfire Support Group will meet from 4:30 to 6 p.m. the Wednesdays of Aug. 1 and 8 at the Idyllwild Library. Facilitated by Dr. M.P. Wylie, there is no charge. The main purpose of the group is to share strength, experience and hope, as well as to support one another. All are welcome, including…
National Night Out is from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, according to Idyllwild Rotarian Barbara Larsh. Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet Station, Idyllwild Fire, U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fire are participating. It will be located on Park Lane between The Fort and Idypark. Idyllwild Rotary will be on hand with hot dogs and…
Effective Wednesday, Aug. 1, Shawn C. Newman will serve as the Cal Fire Riverside Unit and Riverside County Fire Department fire chief. Newman began his career with Cal Fire in 1989, as a seasonal firefighter in the San Bernardino Unit and In 1994, promoted to Firefighter II in the Riverside Unit, working in West Riverside….
70 years ago – 1948 Formal opening ceremonies were to be held to mark the completion of the Banning-Idyllwild Highway. 65 years ago – 1953 The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Geological Survey Division began a project to map inaccessible areas in the local mountains. 60 years ago – 1958 The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce…
