A 55-hour emergency closure will take place on Highway 74 near Valle Vista from 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15 to 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18. Crews are constructing a temporary access road at Blackburn Road Caltrans begins work on a $3.4 million emergency project to remove and replace culverts, perform rock scaling and install safety…
Beginning Sunday, Oct. 1, vehicular access to Humber Park will be restricted to hikers coming down Devil’s Slide Trail or coming from town along the Ernie Maxwell Trail. Since last month, Riverside County has been doing major road work, including reconstruction and repaving, on several roads in Idyllwild. This includes Fern Valley Road, the only…
At the end of August, California State Auditor Grant Parks released his agency’s audit of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Public Advocates Office (Cal Advocates). The audit looked at the agencies’ review and participation in the rate requests from California’s three largest electric utilities and natural gas company — Pacific Gas…
Caltrans will begin work on a $17.9 million bridge retrofit and upgrade project on Highway 74 at Strawberry Creek between Mountain Center and Valle Vista, as well as Morrill Canyon Bridge near Lake Elsinore. The project was awarded to Beador Construction Company of Costa Mesa. The project will upgrade and preserve the historical bridges. Improvements…
The Idyllwild Area Historical Society (IAHS) will hold its annual Idyllwild home tour, “A Timeline of Treasures,” from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16. Six homes will be on the tour, taking visitors from early 20th century cabins to mid-century moderns and beyond, and from careful preservation to imaginative remodeling. The tour is…
The prospects of the Labor Day holiday weekend always bode well for the Idyllwild area, regardless of ever-changing weather patterns and the ever-increasing plethora of yard sales and other outdoor activities. To this mixture of community togetherness, the joint coordinators of the Manhattan Chamber Players, Luke Fleming and Brendan Speltz, both dedicated musicians as well…
This year, 2023, has been one of many weather surprises, extremes and changes — from winter’s record precipitation to the moderate spring, a boiling summer and then a rare hurricane appearance last month. In the final weeks of July, Idyllwild set five high temperature records; then last week, another high temperature record was tied. On…
For the 13th consecutive year, the Idyllwild Town Crier is requesting nominations for the annual Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. Bring your nomination to the Town Crier office at 54391 Village Center Dr., Ste. 5, mail it to P.O. Box 157, Idyllwild, CA 92549, or send by email to becky@towncrier.com by 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept….
Sunday, Sept. 3, an episode of the “Disappeared” television series entitled “Love and Lies in Idyllwild” aired on national television. DirecTV carried it locally on channel 285, the Investigation Discovery Network. The episode concerned the June 6, 2020, disappearance of Dia Abrams, who at that time owned three properties in Garner Valley, including a 166-acre…
