From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, May 16, Caltrans will close the southbound lane of Highway 243 from Riverside County Playground Road to Tollgate Road. Traffic will be one-way and regulated during the southbound lane closure. Caltrans Public Information Officer Shelli Lombardo said the lane closure was for public utility work and that a…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for last week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 24 to 30. Idyllwild • April 24 — Public disturbance, 26000 block of Hwy. 243, Handled by deputy. • April 25 — Runaway child,…
Ginger Dagnall, new appointee to the CSA 36 Advisory Council, has solid history with the Hill and its community recreation programs. At Idyllwild School, she just finished coaching Middle School girls volleyball. Now she is coaching the boys. Four years ago she volunteered to help run the volleyball programs at Town Hall. She noted it…
This week I’d like to introduce Pat Boss, our project manager for Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council. Those of you who have been around this mountain for any length of time, and I’m talking 50-plus years or more, may have known him as a lad wreaking havoc in his youth. He had bit parts in…
Beginning May 1, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Summer Pass went on sale. The pass is valid through Aug. 31. It provides unlimited tram admissions for the pass-holder and a 10-percent discount on additional tram admissions. Also, the pass offers a 10-percent discount at the Peaks Restaurant or Pines Café and unlimited free parking. The…
Late Saturday night, a fuse blew in a Southern California Edison transformer on the Hill. Nearly 370 customers were without power starting about 10:15 p.m. Power was returned to Hill residents over the next 75 minutes. By 11:30 p.m., power was restored to all customers within the affected area, according to an Edison press office….
Nickolas Melendez, 27, of Cabazon, one of two men who pleaded guilty to burglary of the Mountain Center Market in September, did not appear in court for his sentencing Thursday, April 28. Melendez and Ryan Mason, 25, of Hemet, were charged with burglary of the Mountain Center Market within days of the crime and both…
A 5-month-old girl was ejected from a Porsche that went over the side on Highway 74 near Vista Point above Palm Desert. The Porsche was a two-seater and it appears the passenger in the vehicle was holding the infant girl, who was not properly restrained. The 5-month-old child, identified by the Riverside County coroner as…
The deceased female found along Highway 74 has been identified as Bianca Bogarin, 25, of Moreno Valley, according to the county Sheriff’s Department. A cause of death is still undetermined. When the body was found on Sunday, April 10, decomposition had already occurred sufficiently to obscure her race. The department’s media bureau said, “Our department…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission has approved a motion to authorize a $91 annual increase to its current $65 unit fee. District voters must approve the increase, which the commission plans to place on the November presidential ballot. To prepare for the vote, the commission established an ad hoc committee to develop the actual…
