The local review board of the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District met with a full board and Riverside County staff member Keith Herron to review issues or applications within the district. As of the Thursday, March 31 meeting, there were no new applications for modifications of buildings within the historic district. What was discussed was the…
Propane spot price (per gallon at point of production) fell slightly this week — from 46.1 cents last week to 43.9 cents this week (Mont Belvieu, Texas). Same week, a year ago, the spot price was $0.515. Propane delivery prices nationally varied widely for the week of March 28, with a high of $4.716 in…
Editor: As full–time residents of this beautiful community, we have high praise for Idyllwild’s firefighters and, now, paramedic services. In 2013, as we evacuated the Hill under threat of fire and poor air quality, we were impressed with the professionalism of the Idyllwild Fire Department. Idyllwild Fire personnel met with us and our neighbors at…
Editor’s note: I’m stepping aside again this week to let Jack express an opinion based on his recent investigations. BC As reported in a previous issue of the Town Crier, Idyllwild Water District General Manager Tom Lynch is taking the position that an individual member of the IWD board may not unilaterally get an item…
On the morning of Wednesday, March 13, 2016, 48 days after losing his wife, Robert Paul Crimi died peacefully in his Idyllwild home. Bob earned diplomas from Pasadena High School, Aurora College and USC, and was drafted into the U.S. Navy serving two years during WW II before being honorably discharged as an officer. He…
Town Crier learned that Tawny Crist, 71, of Banning, formerly of Idyllwild, died in a two-vehicle collision after her car drifted off the roadway, hit a tree, flipped and slid into an oncoming vehicle. Two people in the other car suffered minor injuries. The crash occurred near Lagunitas in Marin County, California, Friday evening.
Several weeks ago, a Town Crier reader and Hill resident brought to our attention a particular large, gray, jagged rock hovering over Highway 243 near the location of the boulder fall at Dead Man’s Curve in January of this year. (See accompanying photo.) His concern was that it looked as if it would not take…
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing some changes to the Land Management Plan for the San Bernardino National Forest and requesting the public’s input on these changes. The FS considers these administrative changes to improve its forest monitoring during 2016. The changes modify questions about activities on the forest. The answers require data collection for…
On Thursday, March 31, Idyllwild Fire Department and the U.S. Forest Service responded to a fire on the Ernie Maxwell Trail. It was about 0.7 miles below Humber Park, and the two fire units extinguished it. “Someone had started what appeared to be a warming fire in a large log along the trail,” wrote Idyllwild…
Three vehicles overturned under similar circumstances and one two car-collision with injuries occurred during the last week on Hill highways. At 2:15 am. Wednesday, March 30, Tom Jimenez, 19, of La Quinta, was driving his 2009 Toyota Camry east on Highway 74 just west of Santa Rosa Truck Trail when he made an unsafe turning…
