Trinity Houston, executive director of the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, was surprised when there was some pushback from several attending filmmakers or their representatives over the film “Standpoint” winning five IIFC awards, including Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. “Standpoint” was made in 2016 by students at…

  The winner of this year’s Town Crier Snow Guessing Contest is Maggie Kieffer of Indio. Kieffer entered her son’s birthday, Nov. 27, at Merkaba Tea Co., one of this year’s store participants. Hers was among 15 entries that got the date correct and was picked from a hat by Town Crier employee Katy Kirkpatrick….