Caltrans has started resurfacing Highway 74. Delays going to Hemet have occurred over the past several weeks. While the first phase was completed Friday, the overall project will not be completed until the first week of June, according to Joy M. Sepulveda, public information officer for Caltrans’ District 8. The project will grind the existing…
The Pine Cove Property Owners Association decided to make several contributions to local organizations at its May meeting. A dozen Hill organizations were beneficiaries of the PCPOA’s $6,000 of generosity. Mountain Disaster Preparedness received $1,250. A $1,000 contribution has been earmarked for the Idyllwild HELP Center. These funds will be available for assistance of Pine…
The membership of the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce is invited to meet at the Chamber offices at 6 p.m. Monday, May 13, to begin the process of disposing of Chamber assets. Assets include the town monument Harmony, the Chamber bus, and office furniture and supplies. Chamber assets must be given to local nonprofits as stipulated…
Around 10 a.m. Saturday, May 4, three cars were involved in collisions at Paradise Corners, the junction of highways 371 and 74. The crashes injured two people, one who had to be transported by helicopter and another by ambulance. The incident is still being investigated according to CHP Information Officer Darren Meyer, but appears to have been caused by one motorist making a left turn directly in front of another. The third vehicle rear-ended the second vehicle.
On Sunday, May 5, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a report of four hikers in need of rescue. The hikers, from San Diego, Costa Mesa and Los Angeles, became lost near the Tamarack Campground near the Deer Springs and Pacific Crest trails. They used a cell phone that was running low on battery…
The Gorgonio Fire, which started near noon Saturday, May 4, scorched nearly 510 acres in the Twin Pines area before being contained Sunday evening. This fire, south of Banning, followed soon after firefighters had contained the Summit Fire, which started Wednesday, May 1, north of Banning. Eventually the Summit Fire burned nearly 3,200 acres. On…
The Amgen bike road race will close Highway 74 on Monday, May 13, for two hours in both directions as part of a rolling closure. The race begins in Murrieta at 10:30 a.m. and comes up 74 from Hemet, through Mountain Center to Garner Valley and the desert below. Commuters in either direction should be…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, April 29 to May 6, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance April 28 — Smoke scare, Highway 243, Idyllwild. May 2 — Downed power line, Live Oak Lane,Idyllwild. May 3 — Medical aid, Walters Drive, Pine Cove. May 3 — Medical aid,…
The Hemet Unified School Board decided to appoint the replacement for resigning trustee Bill Sanborn. Applications are available on the District’s website www.hemetusd.k12.ca.us, at the district office at 1791 W. Acacia Ave., Hemet or from Superintendent Dr. Barry Kayrell’s office, which can be reached at (951) 765-5100 ext. 1001. The submission period began, Wednesday, May…
Last Saturday, April 27, around 1:30 p.m. I fell on Tahquitz Rock above Idyllwild in Southern California, on a route called Fingergrip, the 5.8 slab/dihedral pitch above the “Jungle Ledge,” a very easy climb for me. I was a hand’s reach from the bolted anchor when I slipped. I was injured in the fall and quite helpless after it. I had to be rescued.
