The Local Review Board was planning to hold a public session to discuss the Mills Act with property owners within the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District but Riverside County postponed the 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, meeting and a new date has not been announced. The Mills Act provides property tax relief in exchange for an…
65 years ago – 1950 A new layout for the Idyllwild brochure was planned at a meeting of the Chamber’s Businessmen’s Committee. 60 years ago – 1955 State Park Ranger Frank Davies reported he would have a six-man crew working on the backcountry trails during summer. Extensive repairs were planned for the trails that were…
Paws up to all the four leggeds who have found their forever homes. Canines first. Peeta has new digs and a new name and is now a shop dog in Idyllwild. So we can visit him. Yay. Maggie, previously known as Katnis, has her new pack, a new mom, and is also a shop dog,…
By J.P. Crumrine News Editor and Jack Clark General Counsel Disagreements about how the current Riverside County grand jury conducts interviews and investigations have evolved into public litigation and a specific grand jury report highly critical of Gregory Priamos, the current Riverside County counsel. The dispute began this winter. In November 2014, Riverside County’s Auditor-Controller’s…
A two-vehicle collision on Tollgate Road, near the intersection with Lake Lane, sent two people to off-Hill hospitals and blocked the well-trafficked street for several hours. A preliminary report from California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer said the collision occurred at 8:36 a.m. Friday, June 12, and involved a gray Yukon and a…
On Friday, June 12, Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff approved using body cameras on deputies countywide. Deputies will have the discretion on when to turn the recording devices on. Full deployment will require several years and funding, according to the Sheriff’s Department press release. Deputies in the Jurupa Valley have been testing the cameras on…
A previously reported head-on fatal collision in Anza has now been reclassified as “attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon” by the California Highway Patrol and is under further investigation. The Monday, June 8, incident involved two men from Anza, William Gibson, 56, and Steven Rusing, 51. According to the initial CHP report, Gibson…
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Richard Mozeleski gave these reports on Kids Baseball: Well, the Town Hall baseball season has opened for 2015 with an exciting and fun week. The T-ballers started out with typical hilarious, non-laughs and cheers. There were great hits and actually some outs were made at first base and home plate. The…
Tod Goldberg is a much-lauded novelist with a wicked sense of humor. He returns to wrap up Eduardo Santiago’s fifth-annual Idyllwild Authors Series on Sunday, June 28. If you can’t decide whether to laugh or cry at life’s absurdities and enjoy a well-crafted piece of fiction — dark, zany and touching — Goldberg’s discussion of…
