On Saturday, Aug. 27, a horse and rider tumbled into a deep and steep ravine in the Apple Canyon area. The rider, who incurred minor injuries, is a member of the U.S. Forest Service Volunteers, according to Lt. Dean Spivacke of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet Station. The incident occurred about 3.5 miles up Spitler…
The San Bernardino National Forest will increase the current seasonal fire restrictions effective this Friday, Sept. 2. “Continued hot and dry conditions, coupled with a long-term outlook that predicts no change in weather trends and normal fall winds, have prompted local fire mangers to implement additional fire restrictions on the national forest,” the Forest Service…
On Thursday evening, a sign asking for the resignation of Idyllwild Water District directors Jim Billman, John Cook and Michael Freitas appeared on the property across Highway 243 from Butterfield Commons on Strawberry Creek, future home of the Idyllwild Community Center.
Thomas “Tom” Pritchett, 65, and long-time resident of Idyllwild, died Monday, July 18, 2016. Tom committed suicide after years of struggling with bipolar disorder and severe depression. Tom was born Sept 8, 1950 in San Francisco, and lived most of his life in California, with the exception of a few years in Florida and Massachusetts….
Last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” Checkers the dog met the ARF cats, and was unsure about Bobbie’s meltdown. Leia: Holy moly! Everyone sit down! You are going to be so shocked when I tell you this. Bobbie: Let me guess: That last kitten, Abra, got adopted. Leia: Right! But that’s not…
60 years ago – 1956 Tahquitz Pines dedicated the new stone entrance archway at a ceremony attended by more than 100 people. 55 years ago – 1961 The county started a house numbering system for Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Mountain Center. Even numbers would be on the north and east sides of the street; odd…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Aug. 14 to 20. Idyllwild • Aug. 14 — Incorrigible minor, address withheld. Handled by deputy. • Aug. 16 — Noise complaint, 26000 block of Hwy. 243 & Tollgate Rd. Handled by deputy. • Aug. 16 — Burglary,…
Financial and water conditions, and authorizing several small projects were the business of Friday’s Fern Valley Water District board meeting. The final fiscal year 2015-16 results were discussed with total revenue of about $1.1 million exceeding initial projects by about $65,000. Expenditures were $1.3 million, nearly $200,000 less than budget. Net income was a negative…
Zika virus The invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can harbor and transmit the dangerous Zika virus, has been detected near the Hemet outskirts, according to Riverside County vector control officials, who announced this Wednesday, Aug. 17. A single mosquito was caught in a vector-control trap near Yale Street and Johnston Avenue in the Hemet’s unincorporated…
