Deputy Mike Vasquez, public information officer Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, confirmed on Aug. 24 that the body found by a hiker on Sunday, Aug. 21 is that of Josephene Youssef, 71, of Pinyon. Youssef had been missing since June 7 when she went for a walk from her family’s home in the 70-300 block of…
On Tuesday, Aug. 23, Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington asked his board of supervisors colleagues to approve the use of Community Improvement Funds to help several Idyllwild organizations — the Association of Idyllwild Realtors, Forest Folk and the Idyllwild Arts Foundation. The realtors received $3,000 for play equipment to be installed at the…
On April 21, the Hemet Unified School District hosted its fifth-annual Reclassification Ceremony at Tahquitz High School’s football stadium. Five Idyllwild School students — Jaysen Arreola, Heide Chavez Mendoza, Renguo Han, Charles Yoon and Cristian Ramirez Rivas — were recognized during the ceremony. The ceremony honors students in the English Learner program who have completed…
Fire log With weeks of no responses from Idyllwild Fire Station, the Town Crier will suspend reporting this log. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Aug. 7 to 13. Idyllwild • Aug. 7 — Assist other department, Country Club Dr. Handled by deputy. •…
No bond measure will be on the November ballot for the Hemet Unified School District. At its Aug. 2 meeting, the trustee board voted 6-1 against putting a $165.3 million proposal in front of taxpayers. The funds would have been for constructing a new elementary school in the Winchester area, and repairs and improvements at…
Kimberly Saruwatari, director of the the Riverside County Emergency Management Department, was the featured speaker at the Mountain Emergency Service Committee meeting last Thursday at the library. She discussed the agency’s creation, its need and its goals over the next few years. In early 2014, County Executive Officer Jay Orr created a task force to…
Hearings and settlement conferences for Robert Pape, 28, and Cristin Smith, 27, continue to be re-scheduled. Pape’s latest court appearance was Aug. 5 when a new felony settlement conference was set for Aug. 26 and a possible preliminary hearing on Sept. 7. Pape has had several attorneys replaced and issues of conflict declared. The public…
Arrested twice, charges dropped once, nearly 10 years after the crime, 27-year-old Christin Smith’s defense in a triple-homicide case is much more aggressive than that of his co-defendant and friend Robert Pape, 28. Both men were re-arrested in June and charged with committing a 2006 triple homicide in Pinyon. The victims were Jon Hayward, Vicki…
Late Saturday afternoon, officials from the Idyllwild Fire Department were alerted to a body on the Butterfield Commons on Strawberry Creek, the future home of the Idyllwild Community Center, and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the location where the body was found. Late Sunday, the Riverside County Coroner’s office released the following information: The…
In April, the Riverside County Grand Jury delivered a report critical of the county’s Registrar of Voters Office’s preparation and conduct of the November 2015 election. The grand jury visited seven different polling places in the county. In its response, which the Board of Supervisors approved in late July, the registrar agreed to change some…
