

New HELP Center board introduced
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The new 2012 Idyllwild HELP Center board members (from left) Bill Whitman, Dick Hadick (treasurer), Sam Crowell, Deanna Collins (vice president), Doug Austin, Steve Taylor, Karen Patterson (executive director), Lou Bacher (president), Linda Anderson, and Margaret Mary Leusch (secretary). Member Holly Maag is not in the photograph. Photo courtesy of Colleen Manchee

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a call Wednesday night, Feb. 10 at the 53000 block of Country Club Drive in Idyllwild to find 50-year-old Adrian David Denava, of Idyllwild, deceased. The incident occurred about 10 p.m. The department said Denava “appeared to have been shot.” The suspect is Denava’s 24-year-old son Adrian Denava…
65 years ago – 1948 The dump, the Town Crier learned, was a popular after-dark rendezvous during the summer. Residents were taking guests there to watch the deer feeding. 60 years ago – 1953 A sudden cold snap hit the mountain; the thermometer dropped to 18 degrees at Kenworthy Station in Garner Valley. 55 years…
In Mountain Center, a couple of rodents, a.k.a. chipmunks, are taking over the bird nest box. They are making themselves at home, leaving the chickadees homeless …
David Gotfredson, investigative producer with CBS News 8, published a story April 5 regarding a petition filed by Keith Harper, Lydia “Dia” Abrams’ self-proclaimed live-in boyfriend/fiancé, with the Riverside County court March 22 “asking a judge to appoint him successor trustee to the Abrams estate, as spelled out in the trust agreement. “The Dia Kenshalo…
Doug Yagaloff, 54, of Palm Springs and former Idyllwild resident, died Wednesday morning, Nov. 13, from kidney cancer. During his time in Idyllwild, Doug was very active in the business community. One of his goals was to expand efforts to attract visitors to the Hill. He was instrumental in creating the Idyllwild Business Roundtable in…
It’s early July. Outside, it’s dry and hot — fire season in Southern California. Despite the noticeable absence of rain, recent fire outlooks and assessments do not raise catastrophic alarms. Do not be mistaken. Southern California is in the midst of an above-normal risk of fire, according to the National Interagency Fire Center’s Predictive Services…