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  • Creature Corner: August 2, 2018
    Columns | Creature Corner

    Creature Corner: August 2, 2018

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats learned about the new dog Violet. Panther: If you’ll gather around, I’ll give you the latest news. Heavenly Whiskers: Happily. We are so glad to get back to a normal routine after that scary fire! Our brief evacuation set my nerves on end. Panther:…

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    Anza electric restoration Monday, Aug. 6

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Anza Electric Cooperative customers, who include Garner Valley residents, will have their power restored to all areas sometime Monday, Aug. 6, according to AEC. The cooperative said it has received that information from Southern California Edison.

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    Cranston Fire, Day 8

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    The Cranston Fire that began threatening Idyllwild a week ago today remains at 13, 139 acres and is now 89 percent contained. 889 personnel remain on scene. The evacuation order is lifted for Idyllwild and Pine Cove north of Lower Saunders Meadow Road. Access can be made from Banning on Highway 243. Access to Garner…

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  • Idyllwild Arts evacuates students and faculty to Palm Springs during fire
    Art & Culture | On The Town

    Idyllwild Arts evacuates students and faculty to Palm Springs during fire

    By July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Brendan Constantine has been teaching with Idyllwild Arts summer poetry and creative writing programs for most of the last 17 years and agreed to tell his class’ evacuation story. More than 200 kids plus teachers and counselors were abruptly moved off campus. Subsequently, many students were picked up by their parents in Banning that afternoon….

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  • Dixie Machine marches in to spread much-needed musical joy
    Art & Culture | On The Town

    Dixie Machine marches in to spread much-needed musical joy

    By July 31, 2018 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    This Thursday’s Idyllwild Summer Concert Series will continue as planned with the Lauren Koval Sextet at 7 p.m., and Robbie and Bill at 6:15 p.m. ISCS organizer Ken Dahleen said this will be a celebratory concert with all emergency personnel involved in the Cranston Fire being invited up on stage. The concert originally scheduled for…

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  • The Cranston Fire from July 25 to July 30
    Idyllwild News

    The Cranston Fire from July 25 to July 30

    By July 31, 2018August 13, 2018 Reading Time: 12 minutes

    Wednesday, July 25, the third of four consecutive days of heat warning, started with blue skies, hardly any clouds, but hot. No one had any idea how hot the day and days that followed would get.

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  • Suspected arsonist arraigned and in custody
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    Suspected arsonist arraigned and in custody

    By July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    On Friday, Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin announced that Brandon N. McGlover, 32, of Temecula, was charged with 15 felony counts related to nine separate fires, of which the largest was the Cranston Fire. The nine arson fires were all set the same day, July 25, and were in the Idyllwild, Anza and Sage…

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  • Cranston Fire: end of day  6
    Idyllwild News

    Cranston Fire: end of day 6

    By July 30, 2018August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    The fire’s footprint remains about the same 13,140 acres, but containment continues to improve. At a meeting of community residents, which more than hundred attended, nearly filling the Idyllwild School gymnasium, Incident Management Team Commander Jerry McGowan reported that containment had improved to 82 percent by Monday evening. The next concern is rain and thunderstorms…

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  • Cranston Fire: Highway 74
    Idyllwild News | Regional News

    Cranston Fire: Highway 74

    By July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    The Cranston Fire burned up to and across both Highways 74 and 243. Currently Hwy 243 from Idyllwild to Mountain Center is closed to through traffic. The only access to Idyllwild is Hwy 2443 from Banning. The damage to Hwy 74 is more extensive. According to Terri Kasinga, Chief, Public and Media Affairs for Caltrans…

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    Cranston Fire, Monday, July 30

    By July 30, 2018 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Monday morning, the Incident Management Team reported the size of the Cranston Fire is 13,139 acres. It has grown nine acres over night and containment remains, as reported Sunday evening, at 57 percent. “It was a good night, pulled hose in alpha and bravo,” said Operation Chief Chris Childers during the morning briefing. “It’s looking…

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