After nearly a year of small group meetings, and several months of Community Dialogue meetings, Idyllwild community members are forming three groups to promote community cohesiveness, community safety, tolerance and better understanding of existing divisions within the greater population. The Community Dialogue meetings came about in response to a number of hate crimes that began…
In an effort to generate revenue for the County Service Area (CSA) 36 recreation district, the county wants to work with local experts and teachers to find offerings that will reward the instructor and help the local recreation program expand program offerings. The idea is to encourage individuals to offer classes or programs for which…
Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP has scheduled its second-annual Idyllwild Shake Up Drill and Simulation from 9 a.m. to noon, Sat., Sept. 10 and is encouraging everyone in the community to participate. MDP volunteers, along with personnel from the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) and the MDP Core Medical Team will man an Incident Command…
Deputies found two hikers who called for help in the San Jacinto Mountains near Idyllwild, the sheriff’s department said Sunday.
A Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputy, responding to a silent alarm at the Idyllwild Post Office in Strawberry Plaza around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, drew the attention of Idyllwild citizens in the area at the time. Hemet Station Lieutenant Geoff Raya said there was nothing unusual about the deputy having a weapon out…
“Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in,” are lyrics to the Fifth Dimension’s popular 1969 song and are still poignant today in Idyllwild. The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) operates a 42-kilowatt solar power generation plant at its Foster Lake facility. Although the solar facility was dedicated in May 2006, the solar panels have been collecting…
Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies, aided by state park rangers, rescued seven female hikers around 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, about one mile below the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway mountain station. One of the seven had notified authorities by cell phone at 6:14 p.m. that a member of the group was experiencing medical problems and could…
Mid-morning, Aug. 15, investigators and officers with Riverside County’s multi-agency Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force went to a home in the 39000 block of Bautista Road in Anza, to check on a parolee and registered sex offender believed to be living there. Investigators located the man, Jeral Steven Cooley, 30, and also found…
Emma reacts to a Southern Pacific rattlesnake seen here at lower left, as Natural Solutions trainer Erick Briggs handles the dog’s response during Rattlesnake Aversion Training held Saturday Aug. 13 at the Idyllwild Community Center site.
This unusually colored Brewer’s blackbird was eating seeds with the rest of its flock on Sunday, Aug. 14. Brewer’s blackbirds are usually all black.
