Marshall Smith
Marshall Smith has been writing for the Town Crier since 2005. His favorite quote is: '"Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not." Robert Kennedy quoting George Bernard Shaw
Prop 56 will increase cigarette tax and include electronic brands
Proposition 56 (The California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016) proposes to amend the state constitution to increase current state excise...
Attempted suicide on Highway 243
Just after 6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15, first responders, including fire personnel and California Highway Patrol deputies, arrived at the scene of an attempted...
Idyllwild Calvary Chapel stages free Saturday concert
Idyllwild’s Calvary Chapel, in association with other off-Hill churches, stages a free concert of Christian-themed music covering a wide range of musical genres.
Chaplain Cory...
Lisa Haley and her Zydekats close the Summer Concert Series
Electricity. That’s what emanates from Lisa Haley’s blue violin. Dressed in her signature homespun and singing, playing and dancing with joyful intensity, Haley is...
Proposition 53 — one man’s crusade: Local genesis with statewide consequences
Proposition 53, titled the “No Blank Checks Initiative,” springs from a wealthy Stockton-area agri-businessman’s crusade to affect two major projects that appear to impact...
Two Idyllwild traffic incidents occurred, one with a DUI, over...
Two traffic incidents, both on Saturday, Aug. 6, both in Idyllwild, and each with similar circumstances, took place over the last week.
At 9:20 a.m.,...
Bob Boss brings bossa-nova bounce and jumpin’ jazz
Guitarist Bob Boss is a familiar presence in the Idyllwild jazz scene. The San Diego-based musician plays in many Idyllwild events, often with Idyllwild...
Idyllwild Actors Theatre presents ‘A Piece of My Mind’
For nearly 40 years, Dr. Eric Barr taught acting, directing and writing at the University of California, Riverside. For 30 years, he chaired UCR’s...
Proposition 54, the Legislature Transparency Act, faces no opposition
Proposition 54, the Legislature Transparency Act, is an initiative constitutional amendment and statute that currently has broad support and little apparent opposition.
It proposes to...
Gov. Brown makes some temporary state water limits permanent: Cites likelihood...
Citing California’s five-year drought, Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order making some of the state’s temporary water restrictions permanent.
Permanently banned are wasteful practices...