Karen Gose, 27, of Chino died of injuries sustained while descending a sheer face of Suicide Rock in Idyllwild’s San Jacinto Wilderness. Gose, a counselor with a group of Girl Scouts from Camp Scherman in Mountain Center, fell 30 feet onto a rock ledge during a rappelling demonstration for camp scouts, according to the…
May 2012 set a record of 15 felony property crimes in Idyllwild and Pine Cove neighborhoods …
About 1 p.m., two motorcycles collided near the intersection of Highways 74 and 243. Both riders were injured and one taken off by paramedics. The road is open, but currently traffic is slow becasue of the congestion created while awaiting care for the riders.
On Wednesday, July 25, an unidentified suspect tossed an apparently poisoned cookie-appearing edible over a fence into a front yard in the 25000 block of Lodge Road in Fern Valley. The golden retriever household pet went out into the yard in the early morning, ate a portion of the object, which had been weighted with…
The Bee Fire was reported about 8:40 p.m., Thursday night, July 26. The was in the Bee Canyon area east of the Cranston Station. The San Jacinto Ranger District and CAL Fire Riverside Unit sent a full response. Originally, the fire’s size was estimated to be about 20 to 25 acres On Friday morning, based…
Jennifer Gee, the new director of the University of California James Reserve north of Idyllwild, is, by nature, an explorer, adventurer and trailblazer. She credits growing up in the Pacific Northwest with her love of the outdoors and her eventual decision to become a field biologist. “I started birding when I was nine….
Although the board of the Idyllwild Water District approved annual resolutions establishing restricted funds for the water and sewer districts, decisions on major items, such as the draft ordinance for mandatory recycled water use and the application process for will-serve letters for new construction were deferred to future meetings. The lack of decisions does not…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, July 17 to July 23, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Report unavailable. Riverside County Fire, Pine Cove July 19 — Medical aid, Pine Cove Road, Pine Cove. July 22 — Smoke check, Coulter Drive, Pine Cove. Riverside County Fire, Garner Valley…
The May and June residential water sales and consumption increased over the same period last year, as reported at the Fern Valley Water District’s board of directors July meeting. In 2012, consumption increased more than 600,000 gallons compared to the same two months in 2011. Sales grew about $10,000 ($53,600 compared to $43,700). Unaccounted-for water…
