There were two crashes on Hill roads over the last week, both with minor injuries. At 6:55 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, Miren Pino, 16, of Idyllwild, was driving a white 2017 Jeep Renegade southbound on Highway 243, three-tenths of a mile north of the intersection with South Circle Drive when, according to the California Highway…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Sept. 30 to Oct. 6. Idyllwild • Sept. 30 — Noise complaint, 6:37 p.m., 52000 block of Double View Dr. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 1 — Suspicious circumstance, 8:25 a.m., 53000 block of Marian View Dr. Handled…
Idyllwild Fire Protection District Chief Patrick Reitz announced that Saturday’s planned Open House has been canceled. The forecast of rain, nearly all day, is the reason for the cancellation. But there will be another opportunity to interact with the Chief and staff later this month. “We are planning on setting up a similar display downtown…
CR & R, which operates the Riverside County Transfer Station on Saunders Meadow Drive, will no longer be open on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Mark Moreau of CR &R. The County has told CR & R to return to its normal schedule since there has been very little use of the facility on these…
The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has identified the fatality in the traffic collision Tuesday as Charles Clayton, 81, of Pine Cove. Clayton’s truck hit a tree at the intersection of Highway 243 and Foster Lake Road. He was injured at 12:10 p.m. and died at 12:33 p.m. at the scene. Clayton, who went by the…
Editor’ note: The terms of three Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commissioners expire in December. All three incumbents — Commission President Rhonda Andrewson and Commissioners Ralph Hoetger and Henry Sawicki — are seeking election to another term. Andrew Balendy is also on the November ballot challenging the incumbents for one of the three seats. The Town…
On Thursday, Oct. 4, Hemet Unified School District Superintendent Christi Barrett provided her second “State of District” to stakeholders from throughout HUSD. Over the next five years, Barrett sees more changes bringing improvement to the district from the foundation being built in the past two years. HUSD encompasses nearly 650 square miles, but Barrett wants…
‘No Party Preference’ is growing choice With less than a month before election day, voter registration for this gubernatorial election year is higher than past years with the state’s highest office on the ballot. However, total registration (as of Sept. 7, 2018) of 19.1 million voters is 300,000 fewer than the 19.4 million voters who…
A fatal traffic collision in which a white Chevrolet truck crashed into a tree was reported at 12:11 p.m. today on Highway 243 near Cedar Glen Dr. Traffic in both directions is stopped while CHP, IFPD and Cal Fire crews assist at the scene and are awaiting a Coroner’s unit. IFPD Chief Patrick Reitz said…
Charles Wentz is the new forester for the San Jacinto Ranger District. He arrived in March and within months confronted a major fire in the local forest. Kayanna Warren, his predecessor as district forester, was an Oregonian who went to school in the East. Wentz is from New Jersey and went to school at the…
