

San Bernardino Diocese visits Idyllwild
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On Sunday, Oct. 9, the auxiliary bishop of the San Bernardino Diocese visited Idyllwild’s Queen of Angels Church. Bishop Rutilio del Riego (right) celebrated the 8 and 10 a.m. masses. Afterward, he joined the parishioners’ potluck after they held a town hall meeting. During the potluck, the bishop joined Father Charles Miller and one of the youngest parishioners, Orion Colinson. Photo by Robert Haine

Shortly before noon a small fire was visible from the U.S. Forest Service Cranston Ranger Station. Engineer Richard Wiggins was the Incident Commander and with some assistance from Cal Fire, the Forest Service held the Cranston Fire to three acres. Both lanes of Hwy 74 were closed for awhile, but they are now open in…
By Jack Clark Co-publisher and general counsel Two recent additions have brought the number of our business memberships up to 19; David Cutter Certified Financial Planner and Oakwood Village (Dorie Kanning) have joined the fold. So our business Memberships now are: Baily Winery (Carol & Phil Baily); Ying Chen & Andrew Lichtman, attorneys at law;…
Two small lightning fires occurred Saturday afternoon in the San Jacinto Ranger District. Both were in the proximity of Suicide Rock, thus their names, Rock 1 and Rock 2. Both fires were small, about 50 by 50 feet. On both days, crews and helicopters were fighting and monitoring both fires. U.S. Forest Service crews from…
Young Idyllwild nonprofit is taking pledges in effort to buy Town Hall, since the 1940s a community center for town activities, is for sale by the Johnson family – the family who was instrumental in deeding the land and organizing the construction of the longtime village meeting place. The late Gerald E. Johnson envisioned a…
By Pathfinder RanchContributed Pathfinder Ranch will host the Creepy Crepuscular Crawl, a virtual race fundraiser, the week of Oct. 25 to 30. The fundraiser features a costume contest, digital medals for all participants and an at-home night hike to help participants learn about local animals and get into the Halloween spirit.A minimum $15 donation provides…
Peter Buhl gives Clay Helgren of Living Free and Mary Lou Prosin of ARF checks totaling $402 from his Donation Alley at the Funky Bazaar in Fern Valley. Buhl has collected and donated in excess of $2,000 since he initiated the idea less than two years ago.