

Daughter of the monster visits the Hill
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Local singer/musician Jac Jacaruso is a warm and familiar presence in Idyllwild’s music and art scene. There are two words that best describe Jacaruso, “duality” and “family” – “duality” in how his career has played out and “family” as the centerpiece of his life. Born in Queens and raised in Brooklyn, Jacaruso remembers his parents…
There are many inns, lodges and Airbnb’s in Idyllwild, but not many that are run by a family, three generations deep, at the same time. The Root-Stone Lodge has been a tucked away lodge in the forest near Strawberry Creek for years. The lodge was originally bought as a single-family residence by Don Baldwin in…
The American Legion Post 800 in Idyllwild will host a remembrance and welcome for local or visiting Vietnam veterans at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 30. “There’ll be complimentary pizza,” said Post Adjutant Dave Fraser. Although the last combat troops left Vietnam on March 29, 1973, by proclamation in California the Vietnam veterans are honored on…
The Marine Band is an 18-piece jazz ensemble led by Gunnery Sgt. Jonathan Bley …
Dr. Patrick Smith, professor of geology at Mt. San Jacinto College, is the next featured speaker for the Idyllwild Community Center Speaker Series. His talk, “Earthquakes Between Two Faults,” will discuss what Idyllwild and its environs may experience in the near future as a result of being situated between two earthquake fault zones — the…