

Idyllwild Arts dance performance goes from Paris to California
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Mariana Barba Cid and Ricardo Urbina perform “Pas de Deux Flames of Paris” during the Fall Dance Concert at Idyllwild Arts. Photo by Jenny Kirchner


At its apex, ancient Rome is believed to have had 1,000,000 inhabitants, monumental architecture and advanced infrastructure. It was also, according to Ron Singerton’s novel “Villa of Deceit” (Penmore Press, 2015), a dangerous labyrinth reeking of arrogance, corruption, abuse of power, and an environment where the fittest survived and others were trampled upon — a…
The Idyllwild Area Historical Society, a rich repository of Hill history, holds its annual ice cream social on the IAHS grounds from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3. Although one visits the IAHS to sample things old, longtime IAHS volunteer Bob Smith assures the public the ice cream will be deliciously new. “It’s a…
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that requires vehicle drivers to overtake and to pass bicyclists at a safe distance. Assembly Bill 1371, which will become effective on Sept. 16, 2014, specifies this distance as a minimum of 3 feet.
Brendan Steele posted a 6-under-par 70-71-72-69 — 282 at the Fortinet Championship in Truckee, California, on the PGA Tour last week to finish tied for 42nd place. The Idyllwild native posted 15 birdies against seven bogeys and a double while belting drives averaging 313 yards into 44% of the fairways. He hit 72% of the…
Nearly a year ago, much of the Hill was engaged in controversy regarding the residential fate of Sunny, a female cat who long had lived at the county-owned Nature Center on Highway 243 about three-quarters of a mile north of Idyllwild. The controversy, reported in the Town Crier, extended to the Riverside County Regional Park…