UPDATE: CHP reopens Highway 74 between Hemet and Garner Valley
Drivers (above) await the lifting of the evacuation order in Garner Valley Wednesday afternoon.
Below, Hurkey Creek after a rainstorm moved into the area...
Possible heavy rain on Hill, Cranston Fire areas may incur dangerous runoff
Riverside County has issued a warning of possible scattered heavy rain in the Cranston Fire area. Residents and travelers should be careful and cautious...
News of Record: August 16, 2018
Sheriff’s log
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Aug. 5 to 11.
Idyllwild
• Aug. 5 — Alarm...
Man dies on hiking trail
A Palm Springs man died on a hiking trail in the Mt. San Jacinto State Park Wilderness Friday, Aug. 10.
Sean Planck, 50, died at...
Medlock’s hearing moved to September
Stephen Patrick Medlock, 53, a transient, charged with arson for starting and igniting the 2013 Silver Fire, had his Aug. 9, felony settlement conference...
Minor injury in Highway 243 crash
At 3:55 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, a collision occurred on Highway 243 north of Highway 74. Jeremy Duy-Thy-Pham Vo, 23, of Moreno Valley, while...
Idyllwild Fire commissioners have a challenger
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District will have four candidates competing for three seats. Incumbent directors Rhonda Andrewson, commission president, Ralph Hoetger and Henry Sawicki...
Brown fills two Riverside County judicial vacancies
On July 20, Gov. Edmund G. Brown announced the appointment of Timothy J. Hollenhorst to the vacant judgeship in the Superior Court of California,...
Forest closures from fire mostly lifted
The Cranston Fire may be history, but its effects will be seared into the memories of Hill residents for years. Life here is gradually returning to normal. On Thursday, Aug. 2, the California Interagency Incident Management Team returned command of the fire to the San Bernardino National Forest. The team had been managing the response to the fire for a week
Congressman makes post-fire visit to Idyllwild
Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz stopped by the Town Crier late afternoon on Tuesday, Aug. 7, to deliver a personal letter to the editor, Becky...