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As the adage states, at the end of a rainbow is a pot of gold, which we call the “Hill.” To the wonderment of residents and visitors, a double rainbow appeared over the skies of Idyllwild, arcing over the town’s monument at left, peaking over Tahquitz Rock and disappearing into the mountains at far right on Friday, Sept. 30. Photo by Cid Castillo

Town Hall hosted a Spring Break festival last week
Comarostaphylis diversifolia is a species of shrub in the heath family known by the common name “Summer holly.” Native to Southern California and Northern Baja California’s coastal chaparral habitat, it grows slowly to 12 inches tall and 8 feet wide or slightly larger.
Although it seems as though this winter has been wet, in historic terms we are still in a drought and a dry rain year (July 1 through June 30) …
Two baby bald eagles — four weeks old — were introduced to humans last week.