Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington recommended approval of the current five serving members of the County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee for new two-year terms. Opal Hellweg, Washington’s legislative assistant, said the five — Jerry Holldber, Marge Muir, Lewis Padula, Robert Hewitt and Thom Wallace — will serve until June 30, 2019. Their…
Pine Cove election on ballot for Tuesday, Aug. 29 The only ballot election for Hill water district boards will be at the Pine Cove Water District. Three incumbents, Robert Hewitt, Lewis Padula and Joel Palmer, were to be appointed “in lieu” for four-year terms and Vicki Jakubac for two years. But with another candidate, Water…
The young black bear recently sighted in Idyllwild made his way here from Banning. He is believed to be a young male and is referred to as the “Rite Aid” bear since a picture of the bear was taken at the Rite Aid in Banning. He joins an existing and varied wildlife population with which Hill residents have learned to coexist.
The Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors held a workshop with Interim General Manager Jack Hoagland and Chief Financial Officer Hosny Shouman to help relatively new board members better familiarize themselves with district policies, infrastructure, issues and projects.
The Idyllwild Town Crier received word last week that it had garnered three honorable mentions at the California News Publishers Association’s 2016 Better Newspaper Contest. Awards went to Staff Reporter Marshall Smith for Writing for his story, “Drama in the descent,” a story about the crash of a small plane l. The judge’s comment was,…
Wednesday afternoon, May 24, Michael Austin, 46, of Idyllwild, came to the Town Crier office to talk about the incident a few weeks ago wherein he was observed with a BB gun not very far from Idyllwild School. Austin stated he wanted to explain how the incident occurred by way of reassuring people that there…
The Village Lane and Village Market were the focus of last week’s Idyllwild Historic Preservation District Local Review Board meeting at the library. Chair Warren Monroe relayed to other board members and to Riverside County Parks planner and architect Yun Baird that he had visited with Paul White of Idyllwild Bake Shop and Brew about…
By Kris Krisbaum Contributor A committee of the recently formed Snow Group met with a variety of local business owners at the Idyllwild Library at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23. This was the second of three meetings to address issues that come with the flood of visitors the Hill experiences during the winter. The…
The Santa Clarita Valley Police Department arrested Timothy Arthur Jones, 32, after a vehicle pursuit on Wednesday, May 17. In arrest reports, Jones is both identified as a transient and as an Idyllwild resident. One of the deputies was patrolling in Stevenson Ranch on Faulkner Lane in Santa Clarita and noticed a vehicle driving erratically….
Even with a busy Memorial Day on the Hill, the California Highway Patrol reported only one incident — an injury crash on private land in the Pinyon communities off of Highway 74. At 10:45 a.m. Monday, May 29, Lupita Soto, 60, of Palm Desert, was driving her 1995 Toyota Previa westbound on Pinyon Drive, two-tenths…
