The Hemet Unified School District board meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Idyllwild School, will include a public hearing. The subject will be whether each pupil in the district has been provided with a standards-aligned textbook or basic instructional material. These should be available to any student while in the classroom or to take home to complete their homework
Idyllwild Fire responded to a workshop fire in Fern Valley at Scenic Drive and Circle Way. Crews were able to get the fire under control before it spread to nearby vegetation. CHP is on scene to control traffic. Town Crier will update this post as information becomes available.
The annual fall Open House at Idyllwild School will be 5:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 30. All parents are invited to attend.
Jeremy Greene, 23, of Oceanside, was arrested Thursday night for the stabbing of Darryl Scholl Tuesday night. Greene has been charged with three felony counts, including assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm. Apparently, another warrant for his arrest has been issued from another county. He was scheduled for an arraignment on…
Board wants to consider Stage 1 Emergency Addressing its water quality issue was not the only issue on the agenda for the Idyllwild Water District last week. (See the accompanying story on A1 about more solutions to water quality.) Water production for July was 10.2-million gallons, which was 660,000 gallons less than July 2017. For…
More joint projects and planning? Yes During the Aug. 15, Idyllwild Water District meeting, its consolidation committee reported to the full board. The committee has met once, July 16, and attended the Aug. 8, Pine Cove Water District board meeting. At the committee’s meeting, several Pine Cove residents attended and expressed strong opposition to the concept…
Our Charter Membership list, comprising those readers joining during our first Membership year, will close on Aug. 31. But new Members will continue to join during our second year, as existing Members renew their Memberships. In the September 6 issue we will Report to our Members as to just how successful our Membership Model has…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Aug. 12 to 18. Idyllwild • Aug. 12 — Alarm call, 10:06 p.m., 26000 block of St. Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy. • Aug. 13 — Check the welfare, 2:05 p.m., 53000 block of Pine Crest Ave. Handled…
Robert Pape, 30, and Cristin Smith, 29, are appealing their convictions for murdering three Pinyon residents in 2006. In June, a Riverside County Superior Court jury found both men guilty of the deaths of Jon Hayward, Vicki Friedli and Becky Friedli, Vicki’s daughter. Pape alone was found guilty of the second-degree murder of Becky and…
At the Aug. 16 trial readiness conference for Pam Allen, 66, of Idyllwild, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office requested a continuance of the case. The prosecutor was in the midst of another trial. The defense agreed. RC Superior Court Judge Mark Johnson rescheduled the hearing for Sept. 28. In April 2017, Allen was charged…
