Presidential elections like the one held Tuesday bring to light the changing political divisions that shape the electorate. While the state of California is perennially and reliably “blue,” with Democrats outnumbering Republicans by two to one, Riverside County has been majority Republican at least since the state’s online registration records went online in 1999. That…
The one local election in Idyllwild did generate a surprise. Measure W, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s proposal to raise parcel fees, is losing as of Friday evening, Nov. 11. While 57.4 percent of voters chose “Yes,” IFPD needs two-thirds of the ballots cast to support the increase. Through Friday, 1,145 ballots have been counted…
Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit volunteers located a hiker missing for six days. At the time he was found on Saturday, Nov. 12, about 3 ½ miles off South Ridge Trail, the hiker was severely dehydrated and malnourished, having gone most of the time he was missing without water or food. “Given his condition at the…
Two injury crashes occurred on Hill roads during the last week. The first, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, occurred on Highway 74 one mile west of Strawberry Creek Bridge. At 6:15 p.m. Alec Blume, 17, from San Jacinto, was driving his 2003 black Toyota Celica east on Highway 74 when he made an unsafe turning move…
Cal Trans will have intermittent closures on Highway 243 this Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. from Mt. Edna Road to Smith Creek Road in Banning. The Caltrans Rock Climbing and Bank Scaling Team will be removing slide material and rocks from the slope adjacent to the highway. This specialized team, made up of…
It was back. Ten years had passed since she had won the battle against breast cancer, yet here it was again. Judy Lawler felt her usual carefree demeanor abandon her just as surely as the test results inserted cancer, front and center, once again into her life. Watching her husband’s stoic expression crumble at the news hit her like a knife in her already troubled heart. Even her self-deprecating, irreverent sense of humor, which she wore like a protective shield, couldn’t deflect the fear that gripped her body and soul …
When you’re at 8,000 feet altitude and your engine is shutting down, you have limited time to work with the problem. Descending at 800 feet per minute, with only 10 minutes to touchdown, and with the single prop wind-milling, that is what Idyllwild local Dave Pelham had to do — concentrate on working the protocols…
Cal Fire is now reporting a fire near Fobes Ranch Road in Garner Valley. EDITED 2016-11-14: The “Wildfire” turned out to be merely a campfire.
The U.S. Forest Service is reporting a 1/4-acre fire along the Webster Trail, about 150 yards west of Red Hill Truck Trail, not far from Acorn Lane in the southwest corner of Pine Cove. USFS transmissions indicate there is an unoccupied vehicle at the fire location, and law enforcement units have been requested. The vehicle,…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Oct. 30 to Nov. 5. Idyllwild • Oct. 30 –– Petty theft, Seneca Dr. Unfounded. • Oct. 30 –– Suspicious circumstance, 53000 block of Tollgate Rd. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 31 –– Alarm call, N. Circle Dr….
