IA dedicates sustainability garden
In what they hope will become a ritual spring event at Idyllwild Arts, students dedicated their “Avant Garden,” just down hill from the campus pool.
Author Archive for Marshall Smith
Marshall Smith has been a general assignment reporter for Idyllwild Town Crier since 2005. His favorite quote is: "Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not." Email: marshall@towncrier.com
May 17, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Anza residents protest code enforcement tactics
Share/Bookmark At a capacity meeting hosted by the Anza Valley Municipal Advisory Council, nearly 100 residents lodged protests about tactics used by county code enforcement in issuing citations. Residents complained of unauthorized entrances onto their properties, even into their homes, by a particular officer they accused of using “Gestapo” tactics. They complained of not receiving [...]
May 17, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Local author Sabrina Verney next at author series
Share/BookmarkLocal author and United Kingdom native Sabrina Verney found paradise in 1966 on a beach in the Yucatan at the age of 19 with a dedicated group of truth seekers called The Process. The Process sought, according to Verney, to “peel away all your social training up to that point and replace it with what [...]
May 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Idyllwild band in national battle
Local rock fusion band “Throw the Goat” is through round one of the national Battle of the Bands, competing for a place on the U.S. Warped Tour …
May 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Earthquake scientist warns of risks to Idyllwild
Share/BookmarkIdyllwild is situated between two faults: the San Andreas to the east, and the San Jacinto to the west. That is both good and bad news, according to Dr. Robert de Groot, Southern California Earthquake Center education program manager. De Groot was in Idyllwild to speak at the May 10 Mountain Emergency Services Committee meeting. [...]
May 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
RMRU rescues hikers in Mt. San Jacinto Wilderness
Share/BookmarkRiverside Mountain Rescue Unit reached two Orange County hikers, lost in the San Jacinto wilderness early in the morning of Wednesday, May 9. A Riverside County Sheriff’s Department aviation unit was unable to retrieve them because of high winds. Hikers Michael Blanc, 63, of Anaheim, and Malgurzata Domagala, 39, of Mission Viejo, had become disoriented [...]
May 15, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
DA sites lack of evidence in Kimmerle’s release
Share/BookmarkRon Kimmerle, twice arrested and twice jailed within the last three weeks, was again released, this time on May 9. The reason given for the release by the clerk at Southwest Detention Center, at which Kimmerle had been incarcerated since May 7, was “the district attorney would not file charges.” John Hall, district attorney’s office [...]
May 15, 2012 | 2 comments | View Post
Idyllwild community garden still without site
Share/BookmarkThe Idyllwild Community Garden, proposed by the Forest Folk and supported by the county Economic Development Agency that runs Idyllwild recreation, may be on hold for a year because of lack of agreement upon an appropriate site. The leading candidate for the garden had been a parcel at the Nature Center on Highway 243. The [...]
May 15, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Tahquitz Rock rescue: climbers assist public safety crews
Share/BookmarkSaturday afternoon, CAL FIRE, Station 23 and Helicopter 301 from Hemet-Ryan Air base, Idyllwild Fire Department and the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit were rescued rock climbers off of Tahquitz Rock. One had minor injuries and the other minor to moderate. Mercy Air ambulance transported this climber to a local hospital. Graham Shelton from Raleigh, North [...]
May 13, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Verizon to discontinue stand-alone Internet
Share/BookmarkIn a nationwide move that took effect on Sunday, May 6, Verizon will discontinue stand-alone Internet DSL for new customers and existing customers who make changes to their accounts or move to a new location. From the effective date forward, all Verizon Internet must be coupled or bundled with a Verizon landline, except for current [...]
May 11, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
