A 5.2-magnitude earthquake occurred about 1:05 a.m. Friday, 13 miles north of Borrego Springs and 18 miles south of Palm Desert. The quake was easily felt on the Hill. A 3.5-magnitude quake in the same area followed about 1:33 a.m. While no damage has been reported, houses in Idyllwild shook for several seconds during the…
An information arraignment for Frank Gutierrez, 66, of Idyllwild, who was arrested in July 2015, is scheduled for Friday, June 24. At a preliminary hearing on Friday, June 10, the District Attorney’s Office amended two charges — possession of a controlled substance and possession of more than 28.5 grams of marijuana — reducing them to…
A Silver Alert is a public notification system in the U.S. to broadcast information about missing persons — especially senior citizens with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or other mental disabilities. One was issued Thursday, June 9, after 80-year-old Bennie Ruth Bowell left her Los Angeles home around noon Wednesday, June 8, in her gray Cadillac to…
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.6-magnitude tremor at 10:02 a.m. Thursday. The temblor was located 4.3 miles southeast of Yucca Valley. No damage has been reported.
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Unit is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of Jerome Salgado, 37 of San Jacinto. Salgado had been reported as missing on Sunday, May 22. He had last been seen on Friday, May 20 in the Hemet area. Salgado’s body was found in a gravesite in a remote…
Northwest winds from the Sherpa Fire on the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara are causing heavy smoke in the San Jacinto Mountains today, according to Riverside County Fire. An earlier report of a fire near Camp Emerson ended in a false alarm. At 7:45 a.m. Thursday, firefighters responded to the area but were…
Participants crowd the starting line for the beginning of the 5K Run at Saturday’s annual Idyllwild 5K and 10K Fitness Run and Walk.
About 40 people attended a vigil in Idyllwild Monday evening, June 13, to honor the dead from the mass fatal shooting in Orlando. The attack in Florida, the largest mass shooting in U.S. history, took place at a club frequented primarily by LGBT adults. In this photo, a U.S. rainbow flag is the centerpiece emblem of inclusion. The United States is now one of many countries where gay marriage is legal and LGBT rights are protected. Even so, attendee and Idyllwild resident Eduardo Santiago said, “Even now I don’t feel safe. Someone at the next restaurant table could overhear my conversation and make an ugly scene.”
More than two years after their original arrest, Robert Pape, 28, and Cristin Smith, 27, were re-arrested for the 2006 triple murders of Jon Hayward, Vicki Friedli and Becky Friedli in Pinyon Pines. Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced the arrests last Friday. Three counts of murder, with a special circumstance allegation of committing…
Although Hill communities are enjoying cool temperatures this week, dangerously high temperatures — a heat wave — are expected this weekend and into next week, according to the National Weather Service. “Very hot, and potentially dangerous, conditions are forecast for Sunday through the early part of next week …,” NWS reported Tuesday morning, June 14….
