

Rare Brewer’s blackbird spotted
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This unusually colored Brewer’s blackbird was eating seeds with the rest of its flock on Sunday, Aug. 14. Brewer’s blackbirds are usually all black. Photo by Doris Jean Lombard

The deadline for submitting applications for the County Service Area Advisory Council has been extended until Jan. 31, 2016. Opal Hellweg, legislative assistant for 3rd District Supv. Chuck Washington, announced the extension, noting that to date four applications have been received for the five-member council. The council has been moribund for nearly two years. It…
Idyllwild has raised some talented and hard-working people over the years. Whether it’s in academia or the arts, there is an influx of successful people that come from our town. Dr. Amber Pairis, director of Climate Science Alliance-South Coast, is one of those people. Pairis moved to Idyllwild when she was four years old and…
On Dec. 17, 2021, a former 16-year-old student at Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) — identified only as Jane Doe — filed a complaint for damages in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Idyllwild Arts Foundation (IAF) and IAA, in 10 “causes of action” pleading violations of Title IX of the…
After listening to several residents oppose, object to and question the departure of former Fire Chief Norm Walker, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) commission began to move down the long path it hopes will be to of finding fiscal solvency at its Jan. 24 meeting. Interim Chief Mike Sherman several times referred to actions…
California is still a hot coronavirus state. Pretty definitely, in the beginning we were not all protecting each other by masking and social distancing. We’re pleased to see that seems to have improved a great deal up here over the last several weeks. The county reported a total of 20 cases with our first COVID-19…