Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Monday, Jan. 18, to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day are: • Area post offices • BBVA Compass Bank • Fern Valley Water District • Hemet Unified School District • Idyllwild Library • Idyllwild Nature Center • Idyllwild Water District • Pine Cove Water District • Riverside…
Two earthquakes rattled and trembled Idyllwild last week. The bigger one occurred Wednesday morning near Banning and the second was Saturday morning near Mountain Center. The Banning quake was 4.5 magnitude and centered about 1 mile north of Banning; and it was felt on the Hill. Houses shook and rumbled as the wave passed through…
“Rick Barker is sick with the flu!” wrote Chris Singer, the organizer of the ICC Speaker Series. “We are having to cancel the Speakers Series tonight. We will reschedule for another time.” Barker may speak next month, but no final plans have been made yet, according to Singer. “It seems there are a lot of…
Idyllwild resident Jon King was part of an 11-man Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit team that responded to a missing person search in Mt. San Jacinto State Park Wilderness last Sunday. Fortuitously, the team was already in the area, having camped at Tamarack Valley on Saturday as part of a full weekend of snow-and-ice training, where…
The two men charged with burglary of the Mountain Center Market in September had felony settlement conferences scheduled for Friday morning, Jan. 8. However, only Nickolas Menlendez appeared for the conference. His charges were amended to include a prior felony conviction. He continues to plead not guilty and asked to move his next hearing to…
Idyllwild’s first major snowstorm of the season resulted in many fender benders and two serious collisions. Said California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer of the week, both on and off the Hill, “We were so busy we had everybody [all CHP officers] out on the roads.” Meyer noted that non-serious fender benders where…
“All lanes on SR 243 are open,” Cal Trans Public Information Officer Terri Kasinga announced Wednesday night about 6:30 p.m. After battling a 48-ton boulder since Monday, Caltrans has chipped enough of the boulder to be able to move it off the highway lane. As a precaution for motorists, cones have been placed around boulder….
The California Highway Patrol San Gorgonio Pass Area will be deploying a DUI checkpoint in an undisclosed location of the Hemet/San Jacinto Valley area from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., Friday, Jan. 15. The sobriety checkpoint will be conducted by numerous CHP Officers who are highly trained in the detection of alcohol and / or…
Photo by Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly California Highway Patrol and ambulance are responding to an overturned two-door vehicle near White Post Turn on Highway 74 toward Hemet. U.S. Forest Service is at the scene and reporting that the vehicle is blocking the road and the driver has minor lacerations.
While the boulder that has closed Highway 243 between Pine Cove and Idyllwild since Sunday night maintains its position, Caltrans is making progress today. With a new drill for its hydraulic breaker, Caltrans is chipping away at the boulder and there is hope it can be moved late today — but no official announcement yet….
