A 15-year-old local girl was killed in a Sunday, Nov. 4, crash involving two of her siblings. According to the California Highway report of the incident, at about 4:45 p.m. Sunday Nov. 4, Jeremiah Whitney, 16, of Mountain Center, was driving a 2000 Toyota Avalon southbound on Highway 243 just north of Saunders Meadow Road….
By Jack Clark Co-publisher and General Counsel So far, renewals and new memberships total 228, which is 35 percent of our first-year Charter Memberships, and we’re only 17 percent into our second year. Remember, you readers are keeping a community newspaper serving our community; without you all, the paper couldn’t carry on. We now have…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Oct. 28 to Nov. 3. Idyllwild • Oct. 28 — Follow-up, 9:11 a.m., address withheld. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 28 — Trespassing, 2:15 p.m., address undefined. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 29 — Follow-up, 10:01 a.m., address…
The National Weather Service for Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Kern and Tulare counties issued a high-wind warning from 10 a.m. Thursday to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9. “However, Kern, Tulare and Riverside counties are not impacted by the Public Safety Power Shutoff. Communities in those regions could still experience outages…
The National Weather Service in San Diego issued a high wind warning from midnight Thursday to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9. North to northeast winds at 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph are expected to develop Thursday afternoon. They are expected to strengthen that evening with northeast winds 25 to 35…
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has settled its lawsuit against Dr. Tarek M. Al-Shawaf and his two employees, James and Donna Nowlin, for $1,566,666, according to a copy of the formal settlement agreement received from the California Attorney General’s Office in response to the Town Crier’s formal California Public Records…
Last month, the California Department of Education released the spring 2018 test results for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress in English Language arts and mathematics. Idyllwild School students exceeded both the statewide and Hemet Unified School District results in both English and mathematics. Statewide, in all tested grades, 49.9 percent of students…
If the 7 a.m. voters at Town Hall are an indicator, the turnout in Idyllwild will be quite high this year. By 7:15 a.m., more than 15 people were in line to get their ballots, another four were already casting votes, and at least eight people had brought in completed mail ballots. Rebecca Spencer, Riverside…
Apparently a large oak branch fell on power lines in the Saunders Meadow Road neighborhood. Southern California Edison is already there repairing the outage, which occurred about 2 p.m.
For those looking for a weekend adventure, or those who have to leave the Hill early and don’t return until late, or just work off the Hill, or forgot to request a mail ballot, Riverside County is offering you a chance to cast a ballot in the November 2018 Election this weekend. Early voting will…
