Editor: I was born and raised in Idyllwild with our family history going back to the 1800s. I have worked locally with several of our merchants and pe...
Opinion: Keep local control of special districts
Editor: Riverside County has 61 independent California special districts — four California water districts, eight cemetery districts, one citrus pest ...
Before Our Time: Before Kwikset came
You can’t commute from Fern Valley or walk about town these mild summer mornings for very long without noticing the seemingly abandoned scatter of old...
Creature Corner: September 5, 2013
Reunited and happy to be home this week are Brady and Brodie, as well as the cat Bella. September is “Adopt a Cat” month at ARF. And for a limited tim...
Past Tense: September 5, 2013
65 years ago – 1948 “Don’t look for the Town Crier next week,” advised the editor. “We’re skipping every other week to do our winter chores.” 60...
Lola’s kitchen: Quick and easy spaghetti sauce …
I just received my September issue of InStyle magazine. Low and behold while thumbing through, on page 700 was a gorgeous chocolate cupcake with white...
Past Tense – August 29, 2013
65 years ago – 1948 The PTA raised $150 at its first Hill social event. 60 years ago – 1953 The thunderstorm that drenched Idyllwild proce...
Creature Corner – August 29, 2013
Sometimes it’s not even in your plan. Call it fate or the way the wind blew, but at the end of the day, you welcome a new four-legged member into your...
Out loud: Both sides …
Sometimes operating a local newspaper feels like a game of Whac-A-Mole — no matter what hole you peek out of someone’s waiting there with a mallet. Ta...
Science & reality today: The language of nature: We are all connected …
As I was watching my favorite show “Breaking Bad” the other day, a commercial came on featuring Cindy Crawford. What came to mind was the whole contro...