Tag: Pine Cove

Citing recent complaints, CHP cracks down on slow-speed drivers in mountain communities

SAN GORGONIO PASS, Calif. — Saying, “We heard you, mountain communities,” California Highway Patrol officers have begun cracking down on slow-speed drivers throughout the Riverside County mountain areas of Idyllwild, Pine-Cove, and Mountain Center, as well as the Anza valley. The primary areas where the slow-speed enforcement has been happening is along state routes 74, 243 and 371. The recent […]

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Boy, 7, fatally run over in sledding accident near Idyllwild

PINE COVE, Calif. — Authorities say a Beaumont family visiting friends in Pine Cove led to a fatal sledding accident that ended in the tragic death of a 7-year-old boy Sunday afternoon, March 14. The victim was critically injured when his sled rocketed from a snow and ice-slicked driveway into the street, where he was run over by a passing […]

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UPDATED: Pine Cove man, 81, ID’d after fatal Idyllwild crash

UPDATE: Thursday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m., With additional details from CHP. UPDATE: Wednesday, Oct. 10, 11 a.m. With photos and video from scene. See original story below. IDYLLWILD — Officials have identified an elderly man who died yesterday afternoon when his vehicle plowed into a tree at the intersection of Highway 243 and Foster Lake Rd. in Idyllwild. Riverside County […]

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PINE COVE: Market employee accused of embezzling $100K, arrested

PINE COVE –A man who officials allege embezzled as much as $100,000 from a small market and gas station was arrested after an investigation revealed the alleged suspect regularly used the business’ cash register and ATM to funnel money from the market and into his own pockets. The embezzlement, which officials say took place over an eight-month period, happened at […]

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