MDP hosts community meeting to discuss options Do you need or have a generator when a power outage occurs again on the Hill? The question does not ask if a power outage will occur, but when. Southern California Edison has already announced that its future policies will lean toward more frequently planned public-safety power shutoffs, independent…
Mountain Center Café’s Pearson family is extending a hand to another local family who recently lost their 15-year-old daughter in a traffic crash. Lilah Whitney lost her life in a traffic crash Sunday afternoon in Idyllwild when she was a passenger with both of her brothers in a vehicle that hit a rock. The brothers…
At about 11:20 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, U.S. Forest Service firefighters responded to a small vegetation wildfire off of Highway 74 near the old turkey ranch south of the highway, heading toward Hemet. The Turkey incident, a small spot fire, was quickly extinguished. No cause was given. U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fires firefighters also…
How would you like to speak about your real estate services before hundreds of people who have second homes on the Hill (prospective sellers), or who want second homes on the Hill (prospective buyers), or who want to move or retire to the Hill (also prospective buyers)? Too good an opportunity to pass up, isn’t…
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…
