Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, March 19 to 25, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance March 19 — Walk-in medical aid. March 19 — Medical aid, Hopkins Drive, Idyllwild. March 21 — Medical aid, Double View Drive, Idyllwild. March 21 — Walk-in medical aid. March 21 —…
The statistics cited at the recent Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce meeting showed a decline in business members, in number of serving directors and cash on hand from previous highs in 2011. Cash, now at $800, is a quarter of the October 2011 amount of $3,200. The number of directors will fall from a high of…
Attendees at the sheriff’s meeting expressed appreciation for the department’s speaking directly with the community as well as for the specific suggestions offered during the session. “Just what we needed to hear. A really great presentation,” said Dave Cuhse. “Very helpful.” Don Hales, the Fire Department chaplain, had a similar reaction. “Very informative. The captain…
Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a search of a home in the 26800 block of Highway 243, near Idyllwild School. Two marked RCSD black and white patrol cars and 3 unmarked cars, and a total of 7 law enforcement personnel, arrived to conduct the search just sometime before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28. Hemet…
One day after Riverside County Hemet Station Commander Capt. Scot Collins and staff addressed a capacity Idyllwild crowd about a property crime spike, burglars hit the American Legion. Legion Commander Ron Draper confirmed that burglars broke through two back windows sometime after Legion staff had closed the facility at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 25….
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District has canceled its Tuesday, March 27 meeting. The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, April 10. Fern Valley Water District has scheduled a special meeting for 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 28. The subject will be vesting of employee health insurance benefits for newly hired employees. A. Resolution No. 525: Electing…
About 150 greater Idyllwild residents attended a community meeting …
Early this afternoon, Friday, March 23, local resident Terry Candler identified a vehicle described in an Amber Alert parked near the American Legion. The alert had been issued shortly after 10:37 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 after San Jacinto police responded to the reported abduction of five-year-old Domenic Smith by his father, Anthony Smith-Dixon, 25,…
Both CAL FIRE and California Highway Patrol responded to a solo crash on Highway 74 and Keen Camp Road at about 4:40 a.m., Friday, March 23. According to authorities, a Jeep Wrangler collided with a tree. When authorities arrived, the vehicle’s occupant could not be found. First responders searched the scene and surrounding woods but…
A tech-savvy baby who touts mail-in balloting is the star of a new Registrar of Voters video aimed at increasing the number of Riverside County residents who vote by mail. The video can be viewed at http://youtube.y_S5ok51tqM, or below. Verjil hopes the light-hearted message, reminiscent of the E-Trade Baby commercials, will hook residents’ attention about…
