Café Aroma 54750 N. Circle Drive – offers weekly specials to tempt your palate. Wednesday July 8: Potato & Cheddar Soup, Bacon Wrapped Scallop Appetizer, Main: Scampi Pasta; Steak-8 oz. Organic NY or 12 oz. grass-fed Rib Eye with balsamic mushrooms. Thursday July 9: Vegetable Soup; Steak Salad with Tomatoes, Red Onions, Blue Cheese Crumbles…
By Marshall Smith Staff Reporter On Saturday July 4, at about 7:20 p.m., a 64-year-old man of Escondido was driving his 1999 Nissan Maxima westbound on Highway 74 just west of the intersection with Carrizo Road in Pinyon. With him in the vehicle was Natalia Adaca, 58, also of Escondido. Mary Jane Plante, 46,…
The Town Baker Bad News Bakers were on the field as The Ferro Sluggers batted. The Sluggers’ batter heads to first base as the Bad News Bakers’ fielder throws the ball…
Sunny, the resident Nature Center cat, who held that post longer than most, has been removed by Riverside County and currently is looking for a home through the Animal Rescue Friends. Keith Herron, resources bureau chief for Riverside County Parks, told the Town Crier that, although all the good things said about Sunny’s presence at…
Following the announcement of new tighter fire restrictions throughout the San Bernardino National Forest, the California State Parks has also tightened its restrictions on the local state areas. At the Mt. San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness, the extreme fire danger caused by prolonged drought resulted in implementing new restrictions effective Tuesday, June 30. These…
Caltrans is to begin to repair the pavement on Highway 74 between Highway 371 and Pinyon Drive on Wednesday, July 8. The $1.8 million project was awarded to All American Asphalt of Corona. Crews will work Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. under reversible traffic control with flaggers. The project is estimated…
At the French Open last week, Brendan Steele was closing in on a well-earned trip to The (British) Open at St. Andrews in two weeks, but the golf gods had other ideas. A ball in the water, and the native Idyllwilder triple-bogeyed the 71st hole, a par 4. Brendan did come back to birdie the…
The Caltrans will begin to rehabilitate the pavement on State Route 74 between Highway 371 and Pinyon Drive near Anza on Wednesday, July 8. The $1.8 million project was awarded to All American Asphalt of Corona. Crews will work Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. under reversible traffic control with flaggers. The…
November 1957: Idyllwild had never seen anything like it. According to the Town Crier, the village was “a mass of uprooted trees, torn roofs, broken lines, crushed cars and splintered wood.” Six houses caught fire, 11 cars were crushed, electrical and phone services were down for days. A national forest survey estimated 300 to 500…
The growing number of pest-afflicted trees throughout California has forced the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to issue a draft emergency regulation to hasten the removal of dead and dying trees of any size. On May 7, Duane Shintaku, deputy director for Resource Management at Cal Fire, wrote to the Board and requested it…
