Four solo-vehicle collisions occurred over the last few weeks on the mountain, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Darren Meyer. On Monday, Oct. 21 at 10:25 p.m., a red 2019 Honda Civic was traveling on Highway 74 one mile east of Keen Camp Road, when for unknown reasons, the driver of the Honda negotiated a…
By Riverside County Sheriff’s DepartmentContributed On Wednesday, Nov. 6 at approximately 9:27 a.m., deputies from the Mt. San Jacinto College and the Hemet and San Jacinto sheriff stations responded to the Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto campus located at 1499 N. State St. in reference to a man with a gun. Witnesses reported a…
Brendan Steele comes off a few vacation weeks to play this week in the $7.2-million Mayakoba Golf Classic in Playa Del Carmen on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Steele was in Idyllwild with wife Anastassia and 2-year-old daughter Victoria (“Tori”) this past weekend to attend a surprise 80th birthday party for his father Kent Steele,…
By Jim Crandall Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chairman The Palms to Pines Golf Association played its regular monthly tournament and final round of playoffs for club champions at Hemet Golf Club on Friday, Oct. 18. It was a beautiful fall day and the course was in good shape. In the A Flight playoff,…
By Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed The intention of Idyllwild Arts Academy’s InterArts department to teach artists “to collaborate, to innovate, to be entrepreneurs and to be adaptable and resilient, as well as socially aware.” This will be embodied by Jackson Bujnosek at his Friday night Nov. 15 IDYTalk at the Idyllwild Town Gallery. “I’m interested in…
70 years ago – 1949 A group of volunteer searchers plucked a lost deer hunter out of the rugged North Fork canyon just as he was about to spend his second night in freezing weather without food. 65 years ago – 1954 The Izaak Walton League honored its Woodsmans Breakfast crew for a year of…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats discussed how adopting a pet actually saves two lives. Terra: Gather around everyone! Arnold, the kitten, has found his forever home! That leaves four kittens still looking but I’m certain they’ll find their homes soon. Mr. Gray: Uh, Terra. Who is hanging around you? Terra:…
Sylvia Smith has been with the U.S. Postal Service for 32 years. Starting in October 1987, she was a part-time carrier in St. Louis, Missouri. Smith delivered mail to residents and businesses all over the city for six years before being promoted to a supervisor position. Sixteen years ago, she moved to California because of…
Deceased World War II veteran Vallie Lee Engelauf’s family accepted his high school diploma on Nov. 12 as part of the Operation Recognition program. U.S. Navy Coxswain Engelauf was born in Riverside in 1926 and lived in the Rubidoux and Jurupa areas his entire life. During his military service, he was at Iwo Jima and…
Sometimes there are people in this world that no matter what challenges come their way always manage to persevere. Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School Senior Isaiah Garcia-Plazola, 17 years old of Hemet, is one of those people. At such a young age, Garcia-Plazola has learned that he is in control of his destiny,…
