Cal Fire/Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • Feb. 12 — Traffic collision, 2 motorcycles, 1:25 p.m. Unknown location. • Feb. 12 — Non-injury traffic collision, 1:29 p.m. Hwy. 74 and Bee Canyon Truck Trail. • Feb. 12 — Medical aid, 8:53 p.m. Hwy. 243. • Feb….
Winter storm conditions — snow, ice and road closures — have contributed to Hill vehicle crashes over the last week. At 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, Luis Ronquillo, 60, of San Jacinto, was operating a highway construction vehicle on Highway 243, 12 feet north of McGovern Road in Pine Cove. Ronquillo was backing the vehicle…
Directors of the Idyllwild Water District met Wednesday, Feb. 13, to discuss both short- and long-term goals for new General Manager Michael Creighton. Each director offered his ideas for goals, and Creighton made some general comments and will provide a proposed plan at the Feb. 20 meeting. Director David Hunt offered three short-term and three…
January water production was up in the Pine Cove Water District compared to January 2018, General Manager Jerry Holldber told the board at its Feb. 13 meeting. “The January production was a little more water than the last couple of years,” he said. “There have been a few leaks for people [customers], not us.” He…
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported that the body of Piotr Hopper-Jasinski, 62, of Idyllwild, who went missing from his South Circle Drive home Monday evening, Feb. 18, was found behind Fairway Market about noon Wednesday, according to Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Ken Reichle. The department posted a flier on its website and…
Repairs may take weeks and months Roads into Idyllwild were closed for the second time in six months. This isolation is the result of an atmospheric river overflowing onto Southern California. In late July and early August, the Cranston Fire caused the closure of highways 74 and 243. The latter was opened when the fire…
Judge sentences him to 12 years, four months Brandon McGlover, 33, of Temecula, who was charged with starting the Cranston Fire in July 2018, has pleaded guilty. McGlover pleaded guilty to two counts of arson, Penal Code section 451.5 (c), which is burning of a structure or forest land. “In count one, which is the…
During their workshop on the potential parcel fee and tax measure last week, Idyllwild Fire Protection District commissioners encountered a conundrum. Commissioner Ralph Hoetger raised the question, “Are we sure we want a ballot measure or something else?” Based on his conversations with the Registrar of Voters Office, Assistant Chief Mark LaMont offered the commission…
The Mountain Center Post Office, which was closed due to weather until further notice, has re-opened. Acting Postmaster Gary Hartwell was on duty Thursday, Feb. 21, despite having to drive from his home in the Hemet-San Jacinto area. He said the post office will have its usual hours.
Piotr Hopper-Jasinski Piotr Hopper-Jasinski, 61, of Idyllwild was reported missing today according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. He went missing from his residence in the 54800 block of South Circle Drive. “Piotr has multiple health issues and requires medication,” according to a press release from the Hemet Station Crime Analysis Unit. He is 6…
