‘No Party Preference’ is growing choice With less than a month before election day, voter registration for this gubernatorial election year is higher than past years with the state’s highest office on the ballot. However, total registration (as of Sept. 7, 2018) of 19.1 million voters is 300,000 fewer than the 19.4 million voters who…
A fatal traffic collision in which a white Chevrolet truck crashed into a tree was reported at 12:11 p.m. today on Highway 243 near Cedar Glen Dr. Traffic in both directions is stopped while CHP, IFPD and Cal Fire crews assist at the scene and are awaiting a Coroner’s unit. IFPD Chief Patrick Reitz said…
Charles Wentz is the new forester for the San Jacinto Ranger District. He arrived in March and within months confronted a major fire in the local forest. Kayanna Warren, his predecessor as district forester, was an Oregonian who went to school in the East. Wentz is from New Jersey and went to school at the…
Charter Members are renewing right on time as we launch the second year of the Town Crier’s Membership model. This is critically important to the main objective of the Membership model, which is to establish for prospective new owners that TC readers are supportive of keeping a real newspaper for our Hill community. Up here,…
Editor: JP’s article on Sept. 20, about Joy Silver and Jeff Stone campaigning to be our next state senator to represent the Hill surprised me. He misleads voters by citing one candidate’s own biased, campaign committee paid polling group as proof the opponent is “trailing.” Valid and reliable polling must meet three criterion: 1) large…
June ballot Prop 68 authorized $4 billion Proposition 3, on the ballot in November, proposes issuance of $8.877 billion in general obligation bonds for water infrastructure improvement. Of the $8.877 billion, $3 billion is targeted for safe drinking water and water quality, $2.9 billion for watershed and fisheries improvements, $940 million for habitat protection, $855…
Financial matters and a discussion of the Cranston Fire were the two dominant topics of the Sept. 26, Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission meeting. The commissioners gave their approval to the final fiscal year 2018-19 budget. “There is no change in the total from the [preliminary] budget. But we modified some line items,” said Chief…
Defense argues facts have been misinterpreted The Sept. 28 trial readiness conference for Pam Allen has been moved to Nov. 20. In April 2017, Allen, 66, of Idyllwild, was charged with three felonies for the March 31 collision with Julia Romero, 18, also of Idyllwild, on Highway 243. Two of the charges were for driving…
(Editor’s note: The following is from a press release from the Idyllwild Forest Health Project.) On Wednesday, Oct. 10, the Idyllwild Forest Health Project will host “From Ashes: Lessons from the Cranston Fire,” a fire ecology learning event at Idyllwild Arts Academy. The event will begin with a tour of the burned area at the…
Earthquakes occurred north and south of the Hill Sunday and Monday. On each day, a quake nearly 3.5 magnitude could be felt in Idyllwild. Both occurred around Banning and Beaumont in the Calimesa area. Two earthquakes on Sunday were north and south of Idyllwild. The larger was magnitude 3.6 and occurred about 7:40 a.m. Sunday….
