Joe Aklufi, who was arrested May 17, along with six other former Beaumont city officials and was the former legal counsel for Idyllwild Water District, has had his arraignment moved to Aug. 19. He is being tried for six felony counts of embezzlement. At a preliminary hearing Thursday, May 26, Judge Becky Dugan set a…
Directors of the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District approved the annual $75 fee for water availability imposed on its Improvement District A (Garner Valley) customers. The board approved Resolution 762 at its April 21 meeting and set 3 p.m. Thursday, July 21, as the date for a public hearing on the charge. The board will…
Idyllwild House Publishing Co. Ltd., and owners Jack and Becky Clark, publishers of the Idyllwild Town Crier, were sued April 21 in Riverside County Superior Court by J. Lee Pentrack, aka J.L. Pentrack, a former employee and joint venturer on Palm to Pines Magazine, whose publication was suspended when Pentrack resigned in January. Pentrack alleges…
Two incidents, one a DUI arrest, and a second, a motorcycle crash, occurred on Hill roads during this past week. At 8:01 p.m. Thursday, May 26, Dennis Fredrickson, 80, of Del Mar, was driving his silver 2006 Lexus sedan westbound on highway 74, 500 feet east of Keen Camp Road when, on a left curve,…
While not unusually long, the May 24 session of the Idyllwild Fire commission was busy. Not only did the commissioners approve the district’s creating a joint fire authority with San Jacinto City, they enacted resolutions to raise their ambulance service rates, to authorize collection of the current (not the proposed) parcel or unit fee and…
On Monday, May 23, 2016, Nasir David Powell, 18, was arraigned and sentenced on a five-count amended complaint in Riverside County Superior Court before Judge Mark A. Mandio. He pleaded guilty to all five counts involving sexual activities with minors, occurring late in 2015 and earlier this year. Powell was arrested on March 17, and…
On Friday, May 20, 2016, Walter Farrell Treen, 53, also known as Fred Lopez, of the Santa Rosa Indian Reservation in Mountain Center, was arraigned in Riverside County Superior Court in Murrieta on one felony charge of violation of Penal Code section 245, subdivision (a)(1), felony assault with a firearm. He also was charged with…
Wow, what a wild round Brendan Steele had Thursday at the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio! The native Idyllwilder fired a 7-under-par 31-34 — 65 to grab sole possesion of 2nd Place, one shot off the lead of Dustin Johnson. He went out perfect in 31, with a string of four consecutive birds — five in…
A dream can be a goal, a challenge, an inspiration. But as it transforms into reality, it’s motivational and exhilarating. Idyllwild’s vision of a new and larger community center, nearly a decade old, is approaching reality. Months ago, an informal chat between Riverside County 3rd District Supv. Chuck Washington and Janice Lyle, the San Jacinto…
A Hollywood-based film crew will be affecting traffic during non-peak hours on Highway 243 from Highway 74 in Mountain Center to Diamond Zen Road near Poppet Flats. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, the California Highway Patrol will be running traffic breaks (no greater than five minutes) to permit “driving shots with…
