Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Oct. 16 to Oct. 22. Idyllwild • Oct. 16 — Alarm call, Upper Rim Rock Rd. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 17 — Alarm call,address undefined. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 17 — Illegal lodging, Cedar St. Handled…
Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (D) is running for a third term to represent Congressional District 36. In 2012, he defeated Republican incumbent Mary Bono. In 2014, he defeated Republican challenger Brian Nestande. In each election, Ruiz won with over 52 percent of the vote. As an incumbent running in a presidential election year with a…
On Oct. 6, Supv. Chuck Washington and Hemet Council member Shellie Mine, candidates for the Riverside County 3rd District supervisor’s seat, were in Idyllwild to share their views and vision for the Hill and the county. The members of the audience posed all of the questions to the candidates. The questions were Hill-centric. The candidates…
The U.S. Forest Service has announced a draft decision for its May Valley non-motorized trails project. A draft environmental assessment was released for comment and review in June. San Jacinto District Ranger Arturo Delgado decided to implement Alternative 2, with modifications, from the “May Valley Non-motorized Trails Environmental Assessment.” In choosing Alternative 2, Delgado made…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s first-quarter budget ended in a deficit, but this is typical for the first quarter of the fiscal year, according to Monday’s finance committee report. IFPD does not begin to receive property tax revenue from the county until mid-December. Revenues have been slightly more than $400,000 in the first quarter, of…
Today at noon, family and friends gathered at the site in the Twin Pines area to mark the 10th anniversary of the Oct. 26, 2006, Esperanza Fire that took the lives of five of the crew of the Alandale Guard Station: Capt. Mark Loutzenhiser, Jess McLean, Jason McKay, Pablo Cerda and Daniel Hoover Najera. Here…
The Riverside County Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing next week on the conditional use permit for the Idyllwild Community Center planned for the parcel between Highway 243 and Strawberry Creek. It is now known as the Butterfield Commons on Strawberry Creek, named for the family who donated the land and funds to begin…
Last week, Community Service Area 36 member Kathy Wilson released the results of the public-opinion survey about the future of Town Hall. Wilson and others solicited comments from local residents earlier this month, while seated outside the Post Office in Strawberry Creek Plaza. Of the 150 surveys completed, Wilson said 42 were willing to help…
Fire is a constant threat in the San Jacinto Mountains. But 10 years ago, on Oct. 26, 2006, it became very personal to the town and people of Idyllwild. The Esperanza Fire was a wind-driven, arson-caused wildfire that started at 1:11 a.m. in a river wash near Cabazon. Raymond Lee Oyler set the blaze which…
U.S. Forest Service firefighters are on scene of a small 5-foot-by-5-foot vegetation fire in the Alvin Meadows area behind Idyllwild Arts. The location is on Forest Service land. The fire possibly was caused by lightning. At this time, it is actively raining in the area. Non-Forest Service firefighters were dispatched, then held in place and…
