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Both native and non-native plants, and two greenhouses Kenny and Eva Gioeli will open what promises to be a marquee business in Idyllwild — a beautifully designed and staged nursery with plants, flowers, herbs and vegetables for all seasons and occasions, open year-round — Idyllwild Gardens. And it will be a family run enterprise, with…
The local review board for the Idyllwild Downtown Historic District convened officially for the first time last week …
After a well-attended successful launch of his third annual Idyllwild Author Series, Eduardo Santiago next presents Reyna Grande, author of “The Distance Between Us” (Atria Books, 2012). Grande recounts in her memoir how, when she was two, her family life was devastated by the departure of first her father, then her mother, as undocumented immigrants…
Although there is a little more than a month left in the summer, the Idyllwild Nature Center still has many special programs for everyone. On the weekend of Aug. 5 and 6, butterflies will be making their annual appearance at Butterfly Daze both days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. People can enter butterfly pavilions and observe Monarch butterflies at close range. Volunteers will be there to explain the life cycle of a butterfly and other pertinent butterfly facts.
Tiffany Brannan is certain of her career as an opera soprano. She is preternaturally poised and professional. She exudes intelligence, charm and elegance when she speaks about her experience and her goals. She handles her interview with a thorough command of her field, the arcane details of its history and repertoire, and a clear understanding…
Mark Hudgens is the new Mt. San Jacinto State Park superintendent. He took over his new position in August of this year. Having spent the last 14 years in the Perris district, Hudgens inherits a far larger state park to supervise with his move to the Mt. San Jacinto District. “Perris was roughly 8,800 acres…