Local business owners met last week to consider adopting a coordinated response to the recent spate of commercial burglaries. About 30 people, according to organizers, met on Friday, Jan. 4, at the Idyllwild Fire Station to discuss a range of options that business owners could take to deter further commercial burglaries. Business owners discussed possible…
According to CHP Officer Steve Storm, around 6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, Alex Janowski, 23, of San Jacinto was traveling west on Highway 74 near Mile marker 53 between Mountain Center and Valle Vista when he lost control of his Dodge 4×4 truck, crashing into a ditch. American Medical Response transported Janowski to Riverside County Regional Medical Center. He suffered minor to moderate injuries, partially attributable to not wearing his seatbelt, which resulted in his head hitting the windshield.
On Friday, Jan. 4, a number of Idyllwild business owners and other concerned citizens met at the the fire station to consider steps to take to respond to the upswing in commercial burglaries. They had planned a followup meeting for Monday, Jan. 7. That meeting will now take place at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan….
Over the weekend Everitt’s Minerals moved their business across N. Circle Drive to share space with the Quiet Creek Living Room Gallery …
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Wednesday to Sunday, Dec. 26 to 30, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Dec. 26 — Medical aid, River Drive, Idyllwild. Dec. 27 — Medical aid, Highway 243. Dec. 27 — Walk-in medical aid. Dec. 27 — Medical aid, Sherman Way, Pine Cove. Dec. 28…
Vandals struck La Bella Montagna Italian Restaurant in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, breaking glass in a large bay window. The damage, in excess of $800, means the crime is classified as a felony. La Bella Montagna is owned by Mariah Tartaglia, mother of Alfredo Tartaglia, 26, who was arrested Friday, Dec….
On Sunday, Dec. 30, a 50-year-old male from Tucson, Ariz., began a hike on the Martinez Canyon Trail in Thermal to the Sugar Loaf Café in Pinyon. He had left alone at 10:30 a.m. on what he believed would be a six-hour day hike. By the next day, Dec. 31, Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit was…
Nan Arthur, the first 2013 presenter in Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild’s new speaker series, has spent 20 years analyzing why animals act and respond as they do. She will talk about aggressive dogs at the 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, event at Mt. Pawlytechnic Canine Education School, 23400 Highway 243, across from the Pine…
Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the Town Crier looks back at the headlines that made the biggest local news during the year …
Around 8:40 am. on Saturday, Dec. 29 a Riverside County Sheriff’s community service officer stopped to give assistance to an injured man on Highway 74, east of Strawberry Creek, between Mountain Center and East Hemet. The man reported he had been fueling his car at a station on Chicago and Florida around 5:30 a.m. when…
