By Richard Barker Special to the Town Crier   I arrived at Eduardo Santiago’s house to find him hunched over his kitchen table pounding down shots of what turned out to be Lemon Lily tea. “I just picked this up at Merkaba’s and it’s delicious,” he said. “Join me; we can drown our sorrows together.”…

At Saturday’s Award Ceremony for the 2015 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, Allan Katz received the Lifetime Achievement Award. “He was genuinely taken aback and surprised by the honor,” said IIFC Chair and founder Stephen Savage. Katz’s career included several years writing for “M*A*S*H”, which Savage says was enough alone to qualify him for the…

The family of James Bachmann, 12, expressed gratitude to all who contributed to and participated in the Saturday, May 16, benefit golf tournament. Organized by James Wiesen and his wife, Michelle Adler, Idyllwild School teacher, the tournament, held at the Golden Era Golf Course in San Jacinto, attracted more than 50 golfers and raised more…