Idyllwild FireIdyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.• Oct. 5 — Walk-in public service, 9 a.m.• Oct. 5 — Medical aid, 10:52 a.m. Lake Ln.• Oct. 5 — Medical aid, 12:23 p.m. Palomar Rd.• Oct. 5 — Forest, woods or wildland fire, 4:25 p.m. Gilman Springs Rd.• Oct. 5 — Medical aid,…
One collision occurred on Highway 74 last week, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.On Oct. 6 at 11:15 a.m., Steven Lynn Gamblin, 60 of Tustin, was driving his white 2013 Chevrolet Silverado eastbound on Highway 74 near mile marker 55 at about 35 mph.For unknown reasons, Gamblin drifted off the roadway…
Winter is just around the corner, and COVID-19 is still around, too. Both tourists and Hill folk will need to know what changes Hill businesses are planning for their days and hours of operation. The Town Crier will be spreading that message.Remember that, in addition to the newspapers being read on the Hill, the TC…
Currently, the county remains in the red tier of the state’s tier system after moving from the purple to the red tier three weeks ago on Sept. 22.“State officials on Tuesday announced that Riverside County would stay in the red tier during the ‘adjudication process’ and see whether the county can reduce its case rate…
We all should be receiving official election ballots in the mail now. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office has designated the Idyllwild Library as an official ballot drop-off location for completed ballots. From now through Election Day, Nov. 3, two registrar of voters employees will be accepting completed ballots from voters in the Library’s…
The topic of fire sprinklers drew community members (with COVID-19 restrictions in place) to the September Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) board of commissioners meeting. Commissioner Dennis Fogle was the only one absent from the meeting. Included in the agenda packet was the agenda from Sept. 30, 2008 when Resolution 480, the fire sprinkler ordinance…
“As soon as any information becomes available, we will get the information over to you,” Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) Correctional Sergeant Deanna Pecoraro wrote in an email last Thursday. “At this time, these incidents are still being looked into and these can often times take more than a week for any of the facts…
Idyllwild local Cory Lavy wasn’t always the artistic type. While he was born and raised in Idyllwild, Lavy was more interested in the fire and medical world than he ever was with the arts. While in high school, Lavy volunteered for the U.S. Forest Service, and when he graduated in 2003, he was immediately picked…
The county remains in the red tier of the state’s tier system. The county moved from the purple to the red tier two weeks ago on Sept. 22. However, that could change if the numbers continue to increase, pushing the county back to the purple tier.The newspaper had to go to press before it could…
The Town Crier uses the USPS to deliver hundreds of TC newspapers to Members each week, literally from Hawaii to Maine. We’ve all read and heard about mail delays in the United States Postal Service (USPS) since new internal regulations were imposed this summer by a new administrator.A Member in Arizona, to whom we have…
