Future releases planned Efforts to save the endangered Mountain yellow-legged frog in the San Jacinto Mountains have been limited in the five years since the 2013 Mountain Fire. Most of the efforts on the frogs’ behalf have focused on the San Gabriel Mountains. But Adam Backlin, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist, said that will be…
More forecast for next weekend — maybe snow, too It’s early for April showers and late for a normal rainfall year, but the first 10 days of March 2018 have brought much-needed precipitation to the Hill. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station recorded slightly more than 1 1/2 inches of rain from Saturday morning…
On Thursday evening, March 8, Dr. Christi Barrett, superintendent of the Hemet Unified School District, prepared and distributed a video message to parents of HUSD students. She shared two major points with parents. First, was to assure them that the district has been and is taking actions to address threats, such as the ones received…
During the week of March 12, Cal Fire will be conducting its annual air-tanker refresher training to the pilots assigned or currently working at Ryan Air Attack Base in Hemet. This training is an annual requirement; typically held in Sacramento but due to current winter weather conditions and the fact that the base is open…
“Town and gown” is a common phrase describing the distinction between local residents, and the students and faculty of higher-level educational institutions located in the town. Issues and differences often arise between the two populations. Almost from the beginning of the “town” of Idyllwild, the “gown” — the Idyllwild Arts Academy — has been present….
At 2:57 p.m. Sunday, March 4, John Devon, 50, of Palm Desert, was traveling westbound on Highway 74, east of Vista Point, on his 2010 BMW motorcycle, when he drifted into oncoming traffic. Devon was pronounced deceased at the scene by the coroner, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer. For reasons…
Julia Romero was only 17 when on March 31, 2017, she was involved in a head-on, two-car crash on Highway 243. As a result of that crash, Julia suffered two broken ribs, a punctured lung, her left foot broken in several places, her left knee punctured requiring sutures, and her right leg so severely broken…
Hemet High Principal Emily Shaw specifically threatened Last week, Hemet High School became another target of the aftermath from the Parkland, Florida, school shooting Feb. 14. This is just one of several local schools being threatened. On Tuesday, a student scribbled a threat on the stall in a girls’ bathroom at HHS. Not only was…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Feb. 25 to March 3. Idyllwild • Feb. 25 — Petty theft, 12:13 p.m., 26000 block of Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy. • Feb. 25 — Public intoxication, 3:08 p.m., Delano Dr. Handled by deputy. • Feb. 25…
By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers With 16 business members, seven nonprofit members and two public-agency members, along with 411 personal memberships, the Town Crier Charter Membership list continues to grow. We are now at about 80 percent of the minimum amount we estimated last August we would need in the first year to enable…
