Criminal case hearing next As previously reported, the Riverside County District Attorney has filed three felony counts against Pine Cove resident Pamela Allen, 66, for a March 2017 collision with Julia Romero, 18, of Idyllwild. In parallel with the criminal suit, Romero, through attorney Matthew Poelstra, has filed a civil suit seeking to recover medical…
Idyllwild Fire Here are a few of the calls Idyllwild Fire responded to recently. • Nov. 12 — Fire, 9:16 a.m. Tollgate Rd. • Nov. 13 — Vegetation fire within Cranston Fire burn, 2 a.m. McCall Park Rd. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Here are a few of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire responded to…
On Nov. 7, Judge John Molloy dismissed the Riverside County case involving Rodney Rickman, 48, of Mountain Center. The state of Alabama had a fugitive warrant issued for Rickman. He was arrested on Oct. 23, in Palm Desert. Molloy stated in the initial hearing that if the requesting state did not pick Rickman up, then…
Last Tuesday’s gubernatorial election results may not have been earth-shattering, but the earth did quake several times Friday morning. Three tremors, all greater than 3.0 in magnitude, occurred in the western portion of Anza, about 4.5 miles northeast of Aguanga. The largest was 3.8 in magnitude about 7 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9. But during the…
Kacee Lloyd Monroe was convicted in 2004 for the Nov. 19, 2001, second-degree murder of his friend Austin Ross, both 16, and both Pine Cove residents. Austin died of blunt-force trauma to the head and was buried in the woods. Monroe was sentenced to 16 years to life. On Oct. 2, of this year, a…
On Nov. 6, Michael Darranger Kellner, 25, of Idyllwild, was sentenced to 58 days in county jail. He had been arrested on Oct. 21 for three violations of a previous post-release community supervision settlement and parole agreements, which were all the result of misdemeanor convictions. At the November hearing, Kellner admitted his violations of the…
Idyllwild Office one of contributing projects The U.S. Forest Service’s Los Padres and San Bernardino National Forests were recently honored and recognized for their efforts to conserve energy through the implementation of renewable energy projects. The two forests received the award for implementing and constructing 63 different projects (including several on the San Jacinto Ranger…
The North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise flights in San Diego and Riverside Counties of southern California today, as 144 Fighter Wing practices its intercept and identification procedures. The exercise will occur between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Pacific. California residents between San Diego and Riverside Counties may hear and/or see low-flying NORAD-controlled…
Witnesses testified for the prosecution at the preliminary hearing for Brandon McGlover, 32, of Temecula, who has been charged with starting the Cranston Fire in July. The hearing was for the prosecution to convince the judge that adequate evidence exists to proceed with a trial for McGlover. The Friday, Nov. 9, hearing was continued to…
As of Saturday evening, nearly four days after the voting booths have closed, about 373,000 ballots or two-thirds of the ballots cast in the 2018 election have been counted, according to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office. Another 227,000 mail-in and provisional ballots, are still being counted. Based on the number of registered voters,…
