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…
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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…
In scenarios similar to recent Idyllwild commercial burglaries, burglars broke into Lake Hemet Market in the early morning of Saturday, Dec. 29. Manger Alex Tomazin said they apparently used a small propane tank to break the glass in the market’s front door sometime between 6:15 and 6:45 a.m. Just as in the Fairway Market incident,…
In its last meeting before 2013, the Idyllwild Water District board changed the number of paid employee holidays, continued to move forward on additional storage capacity in the Tollgate Zone and kept the same committee memberships for the coming year. The number of holidays will be 14 in 2013. This includes 12 calendar holidays such…
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 1, to observe the New Year’s Day holiday: Area post offices BBVA Compass Bank Fern Creek Medical Center Fern Valley Water District Idyllwild Health Center Idyllwild Library Idyllwild Pharmacy Idyllwild Transfer Station Mt. San Jacinto State Park U.S. Forest Service These will be closed Monday…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Tuesday, Dec. 17 to 25, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Dec. 18 — Medical aid, Dickenson and Glen roads, Idyllwild. Dec. 19 — Medical aid, River Road, Idyllwild. Dec. 19 — Water problem, Marian View Drive, Idyllwild. Dec. 19 — Walk-in medical…
