California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier gave more information on a collision that occurred Tuesday, Sept. 14, whose report was incomplete last week.At 8:30 a.m. that day, Daniel Maya, 26, of Idyllwild, was driving a silver 2006 Ford E350 van northbound on Cedar Street when at 100 feet south of North Circle Drive,…
The Town Crier continues to serve our community because of supporting advertising and our Membership model. Both are essential to our newspaper’s existence. More than 2,000 U.S. newspapers have disappeared during the past 15 years, and we don’t want the Town Crier to join them.The Town Crier is distributed to 10 locations around our Hill,…
The regularly scheduled Lake Hemet Municipal Water District board of directors meeting, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 16, was canceled. The next regular board meeting is planned for 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at the district office, 26385 Fairview Ave., Hemet.
The effort to revise the Riverside County short-term rental ordinance (927) has strengthened in the past two weeks. The board of supervisors took action to fortify the possible changes with specific attention to enforcement. Locally, the Idyllwild Association of Realtors has expressed to Supervisor Chuck Washington (3rd District) their preferences for changes after a group…
Redistricting, the shifting of political boundaries, to create more balanced districts following the decennial census has begun. California has an official 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission responsible for considering changes to boundaries for districts of U.S. House of Representatives and the California Legislature, both the Assembly and Senate. Counties have independent authority to set the…
By David Jerome Correspondent Several local groups distributing free and low-cost food on the Hill received a set-back this week with news that they would not be receiving their usual distribution from the Western Eagle Foundation. Directors of these groups heard that Western Eagle Foundation has “lost a donor.” This has affected Mountain Communities Mutual…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District reported these incident from Saturday, Sept. 11 to Sunday, Sept. 19. • Sept. 11 — Smoke scare, odor of smoke, 12:06 A.M. Fern Valley Rd.• Sept. 11 — Traffic crash with injuries, information, investigation & enforcement, 2:54 a.m. Doubleview Dr.• Sept. 11 — EMS call, provide advanced life support,…
At about 2:50 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, two unknown drivers collided on Double View Drive about 2,000 feet west of Inspiration Lane. A white 2008 Ford F150 was traveling in the westbound lane at an unknown speed and a gray 2007 Honda Accord was traveling eastbound at an unknown speed, said California Highway Patrol Public…
On Wednesday, Sept. 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom released the 2020-21 Cal Fire Fire Prevention Grant awardees. The Hill’s Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council received $750,000 for removal of hazardous and diseased trees.In a separate press release, Chief Thomas Porter, Cal Fire director, said, “Our wildfire and forest strategy include funding these types of fire prevention…
You may think the Town Crier doesn’t need advertising since it has a Membership model. Not so. While the Membership plan has indeed kept our paper’s nose above water, advertising will always be the chief source of income when it comes to paying our bills: payroll, printing, rent, utilities, several types of insurance, Xerox and…
