Idyllwild News

Beginning Sunday, Oct. 1, vehicular access to Humber Park will be restricted to hikers coming down Devil’s Slide Trail or coming from town along the Ernie Maxwell Trail. Since last month, Riverside County has been doing major road work, including reconstruction and repaving, on several roads in Idyllwild. This includes Fern Valley Road, the only…

At the end of August, California State Auditor Grant Parks released his agency’s audit of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Public Advocates Office (Cal Advocates). The audit looked at the agencies’ review and participation in the rate requests from California’s three largest electric utilities and natural gas company — Pacific Gas…

Caltrans will begin work on a $17.9 million bridge retrofit and upgrade project on Highway 74 at Strawberry Creek between Mountain Center and Valle Vista, as well as Morrill Canyon Bridge near Lake Elsinore. The project was awarded to Beador Construction Company of Costa Mesa. The project will upgrade and preserve the historical bridges. Improvements…

This year, 2023, has been one of many weather surprises, extremes and changes — from winter’s record precipitation to the moderate spring, a boiling summer and then a rare hurricane appearance last month. In the final weeks of July, Idyllwild set five high temperature records; then last week, another high temperature record was tied. On…

For the 13th consecutive year, the Idyllwild Town Crier is requesting nominations for the annual Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. Bring your nomination to the Town Crier office at 54391 Village Center Dr., Ste. 5, mail it to P.O. Box 157, Idyllwild, CA 92549, or send by email to becky@towncrier.com by 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept….

Caltrans begins work on a $4.9 million project to install Zero Emissions Vehicle Charging Stations on I-10 near Banning, Blythe and Yucaipa, weather permitting. Completion date is tentatively May 1, 2024. Caltrans crews begin work at the east and westbound Whitewater rest areas, and the eastbound Wildwood rest area on the I-10. Regular hours of…

Spirit Mountain Retreat’s next resiliency retreat for women veterans with PTSD is from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the facility. This is an in-person and Zoom event for diagnosed or undiagnosed PTSD women veterans. It is not dependent on source or time of the trauma, which could have happened before, during or…