Editor: I humbly apologize for my recent letter [May 19] to the TC staff for implying calendar-challenged reporting. Thanks to follow-up stories, I have since realized that the IFPD/San Jacinto Joint Powers Authority plans are no April Fool’s joke. And the realization struck me that the JPA makes perfect sense, given the financial difficulties IFPD…
Editor’s note: Jack’s turn again this week. Shortly after the 2013 Mountain Fire that destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of thousands from our Hill, the cost of suppressing that fire was estimated at about $27 to $28 million in taxpayers’ dollars, the greater portion of which was borne by the U.S. Forest Service. Two…
The board of the new Idyllwild San Jacinto Regional Fire Authority held its first meeting Thursday evening, June 9. Earlier in the week, both agencies agreed to create the Joint Powers Authority and explore its operation. The board is composed of the five-member San Jacinto City Council and the five-member Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission….
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake occurred about 1:05 a.m. Friday, 13 miles north of Borrego Springs and 18 miles south of Palm Desert. The quake was easily felt on the Hill. A 3.5-magnitude quake in the same area followed about 1:33 a.m. While no damage has been reported, houses in Idyllwild shook for several seconds during the…
An information arraignment for Frank Gutierrez, 66, of Idyllwild, who was arrested in July 2015, is scheduled for Friday, June 24. At a preliminary hearing on Friday, June 10, the District Attorney’s Office amended two charges — possession of a controlled substance and possession of more than 28.5 grams of marijuana — reducing them to…
A Silver Alert is a public notification system in the U.S. to broadcast information about missing persons — especially senior citizens with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or other mental disabilities. One was issued Thursday, June 9, after 80-year-old Bennie Ruth Bowell left her Los Angeles home around noon Wednesday, June 8, in her gray Cadillac to…
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.6-magnitude tremor at 10:02 a.m. Thursday. The temblor was located 4.3 miles southeast of Yucca Valley. No damage has been reported.
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Unit is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of Jerome Salgado, 37 of San Jacinto. Salgado had been reported as missing on Sunday, May 22. He had last been seen on Friday, May 20 in the Hemet area. Salgado’s body was found in a gravesite in a remote…
Northwest winds from the Sherpa Fire on the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara are causing heavy smoke in the San Jacinto Mountains today, according to Riverside County Fire. An earlier report of a fire near Camp Emerson ended in a false alarm. At 7:45 a.m. Thursday, firefighters responded to the area but were…
Participants crowd the starting line for the beginning of the 5K Run at Saturday’s annual Idyllwild 5K and 10K Fitness Run and Walk.
