Monday afternoon, June 20, Brian Tisdale, mayor of Lake Elsinore and a member of 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington’s staff, was arrested on two misdemeanor charges — vandalism and battery on a former companion. On Tuesday, Washington’s office issued the following statement, “On Monday afternoon (6/20) I initiated action to place my staff member, Brian…
At the June 24 information arraignment for Frank Gutierrez, 66, of Idyllwild, who was arrested in July 2015, a July 25 trial readiness conference was set with a possible jury trial to begin Aug. 8. Supervising District Attorney Deborah Lucky filed a paper elaborating on the charge against Gutierrez. In the document, she said, “…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the fire services contract between the county’s fire department and the city of San Jacinto. For one year, the contract cost is $3.4 million, which includes a “quick attack” squad at the city’s western side. Although the proposal passed 4-1, besides 5th District Supervisor Marion Ashley’s negative vote,…
The former Idyllwild Library site on Pine Crest Avenue has been sold. Riverside County, which owned the building and shares the site with the Idyllwild Health Center, approved the sale for $210,000 at the June 21 Board of Supervisors meeting. According to the information from Rob Fields, assistant county executive for economic development, Ivon Dahl…
A Pine Cove man suffered 2nd degree burns to his upper body from a water heater explosion and was flown to a local hospital. The man was a walk-in to Cal Fire’s Pine Cove Station 23 Saturday at 11:39 a.m. No further information was available.
Around 11 a.m. Saturday, June 25, three dirt-bike riders came upon a man collapsed on a trail in the area of Forest Route 5S15 south of Highway 74 in Mountain Center. The three riders alerted 911 and Riverside County Sheriff’s Helicopter Star9 located the riders, and the man who was suffering from disorientation and dehydration….
Only one traffic incident took place on Hill roads during the last week. At 12:10 p.m. Friday, June 24, Paul Student, 68, of Moreno Valley, was driving his 2003 white Ford Ranger southbound on Highway 243, 2,000 feet south of Mt. Edna Road. According to the California Highway Patrol report, Student was traveling too fast…
The Riverside County Department of Public Health reported that ground squirrels from Dark Canyon and Marion Mountain campgrounds tested antibody-positive this month for plague, according to state and local health officials. The tests on squirrels from the two campgrounds were conducted on June 8 and June 13, respectively. The antibody-positive test means the squirrels had…
Our country was founded with bravery and later steadied by a Constitution and Bill of Rights. Men who signed our Declaration of Independence were labeled traitors by the British and would have been executed had we not prevailed. But in the face of the challenges, they remained resolute in their mission to guarantee freedom to…
