Caltans has advised that tree work along Highway 243 will result in single-lane closures that started Monday, Sept. 25, and continues into the following week. Caltrans will be removing dead trees along the highway right-of-way for the next two weeks. The work began near McCall Park on Monday, Sept. 25, and continues through Thursday, Sept….
The Hill has become a haven for the homeless from Hurricane Harvey. On Wednesday, Sept. 20, Living Free Animal Sanctuary in Mountain Center volunteered to accept five dogs from the Texas and Louisiana areas, which Hurricane Harvey devastated earlier this month. After adjusting to the low humidity and higher altitude, the five new residents may…
Local residents are taking steps to employ a private security firm to patrol Idyllwild late at night. This effort would augment town security as the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department budget cuts have reduced the number of deputies. At a second Town Hall meeting Monday night, Dan Hinojosa, the operation manager for Valley Forge Private Security…
Last week, Joel Vargas-Hernandez, 28, of Mead Valley, was arrested for suspicion of theft of water from the Pine Cove Water District. He has already been released on $52,000 bail. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s press release, investigators obtained several search warrants that lead them to Vargas-Hernandez in Mead Valley. He was charged…
Caltans has advised that tree work along Highway 243 will result in single lane closures from Monday, Sept. 25 into the following week. Caltrans will be removing dead trees along the highway right-of-way for the next two weeks. The work begins near McCall Park on Monday, Sept. 25 and continues through Thursday, Sept. 28. Some…
On Friday, Sept. 1, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 25000 block of Hotei Lane in Idyllwild, in reference to past residential burglaries. After an extensive investigation, one suspect, Brian Dustin Vowell, 36, of Idyllwild, was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 14, and booked into the county jail for burglary. Bail was set at $25,000….
San Jacinto resident Mark Disante, 56, was killed in a single vehicle crash on Saturday, Sept. 16. At 8:50 a.m., Disante was driving his 2004 silver 2004 BMW convertible eastbound on Highway 74, a quarter-mile east of Bee Canyon road when, for unknown reasons, his vehicle went off the south edge of the highway into…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Sept. 10 to 16. Idyllwild • Sept. 10 — Alarm call, 11:03 a.m., N. Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • Sept. 10 — Alarm call, 3:18 p.m., Estate Dr. Handled by deputy. • Sept. 11 — Alarm call,…
Our readers’ responses continue to be overwhelming. We still have a way to go, but after less than five weeks of the new Membership model, we are more than 40 percent of the way to the minimum annual amount we estimate we will need from Memberships for the newspaper to be acquirable by younger publishers…
Alex Tardy to discuss weather forecasting Alex Tardy, meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s San Diego office, returns to Idyllwild this month. As part of National Preparedness Month, the Hill’s Mountain Disaster Preparedness group has invited Tardy to discuss recent NWS winter forecasts and expectations for this winter. “We’ve had a dry El Niño and…
