

Regal, reclusive and recoiling reptiles at Idyllwild Nature Center
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The Junior Naturalists Program is gearing up for a summer of fun and educational programs on designated Saturdays at the Idyllwild Nature Center. Starting June 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Junior Naturalists will be learning “What’s Beneath the Earth.” This program will focus on geology. All programs are open to ages 4…
Idyllwild will once again have a farmer’s market, according to Nancy Nunez. “It will start up again on Sunday, March 19,” said Nunez. She is looking for more vendors. There will be a one-time registration fee of $10 and the rest of the season is free. Contact Nunez at 760-224-2072 if interested in being a…
Easter weekend in Idyllwild won’t be too hot and won’t be too cold. It will be just right — trees blossoming, daffodils coming up all over town and the village rolling out its gracious hospitality with perfect mountain springtime weather. Easter Sunday is the culmination of Lent and Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday and…
Random acts of kindness are occurring throughout Idyllwild this month. Opening a door for someone, donating a book at the Idyllwild Library, picking up litter, donating to the Help Center and many other kind acts are happening. While the concept, “Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty,” may be 35 years old,…
The Idyllwild Area Historical Society recently unveiled a new exhibit “Local Authors, Past and Present.” The 27 books on display reveal the remarkable degree of diversity in the subjects chosen by those authors that found their muse on our mountaintop.
David Jerome Correspondent Local resident Marilyn Bunnell recently celebrated her 95th birthday. Idyllwild has been her home since her retirement in the mid-1980s, after a long career as a life-science educator. She was born Sept. 7, 1926, in Los Angeles, to Frank and Dora Bunnell. For many years she shared her home in Fern Valley…