Editor’s note: Spoiler alert: The first paragraph in this story about last week’s Riverside County Planning Commission hearing on the latest draft of Ordinance 927, “Regulating Short Term Rentals,” reveals the commission’s decision at the end of the hearing. If you wish to read about the public comments and commission deliberation chronologically, start with the…
Sir Ray Tindle, 95, of Farnham, England, died Monday, April 16, 2022. He was chair of Tindle Newspapers until he turned 90 and became president, stepping down to allow his only offspring, Owen Tindle, to chair the newspaper group that had, at one time, included 200 or so titles from Wales to the Isle of…
By JP CrumrineCorrespondent On Wednesday, April 20, the Riverside County Planning Commission will discuss major changes to Ordinance 927, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” (STRs). Since a new draft Ordinance 927 was release at the end of February, significant modifications have been proposed to the version being presented to the commission. Also, the planning staff has…
This Saturday, a dedication ceremony will be held to celebrate Idyllwild’s first California Registered Historical Landmark, the “Donaldson Futuro.” Located in Pine Cove, residents may have heard of or caught a glimpse of this “flying saucer house” that arrived on the Hill in 2004. It has since been lovingly restored to a Technicolor glory that…
Many of our readers — particularly older readers — tell us they want to read a “real” ink-on-paper newspaper they can hold in their hands rather than an online version. Well, we have to tell you, the luxury of a continued ink-on-paper issue is costing the Town Crier an estimated more than $60,000 a year…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, April 4 to 10. • April 4 — Public service assist, 1:40 a.m. Maranatha Dr.• April 4 — EMS call, provide advanced life support, 11:53 a.m. Hwy. 243.• April 4 — EMS call, provide ALS, 6:07 p.m. N. Circle Dr.• April…
As of April 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s current seven-day national moving average of daily new COVID cases was 25,596, which is sa 4.9% increase over the previous seven-day moving average. The Omicron variants now account for virtually all new cases in the U.S., and a total of 80,111,065 COVID-19 cases…
Planning department to decide Thursday April 7, members of the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District (IHPD) Local Review Board (LRB) held a special meeting to consider the retroactive application by the proprietors of Wild Idy to allow the murals that adorn the chimney on their 54340 North Circle Drive business and the fence surrounding their next-door…
Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) President Stephanie Yost and Ashley and Shane Stewart of Idyllwild Realty having been working for several months with the office of Riverside County Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington and the Office of Economic Development to address a long-standing community issue: Idyllwild’s lack of a public restroom for town visitors. Numerous business…
California’s drought conditions show no sign of abating. The water year that ended Sept. 30 was the second driest on record. All of California’s 58 counties are under a drought emergency proclamation. January, February and March 2022 were the driest on record dating back over 100 years. Just 6 inches of precipitation were recorded in…
