



PHOTOS: Idyllwild Arts songwriters perform
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Idyllwild Arts held a songwriting concert on Monday night at Stephens Recital Hall. Here, Aly Ross and Dante Yardas perform on guitar and vocals “Never Escape.” Ross and Yardas wrote the song with fellow classmate Carla Merchant. Photo by Jenny Kirchner




The local review board of the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District met in its nominally monthly session with little business before it. At its Thursday, Sept. 29, meeting at the Idyllwild Library Community Room, the board voted to change its scheduled monthly meetings to quarterly — with the next meeting being at noon Thursday, Jan. 26….
Dr. Richard Minnich made it clear that he believes the Hill is still very vulnerable to another large and devastating wildfire.
Pete “Pedro” Anderson, a much-loved Idyllwild musician, storyteller and artist, died suddenly and unexpectedly from the rapid onset of massive pneumonia. According to his sister Sue Anderson, Pete had played local gigs only days before he died. Friend Rick Barker said he was in fine voice and ebullient spirits at a recent Higher Grounds engagement….
The office of Mayor Max III informed the Crier that last weekend, two video crews were on the Hill documenting the activities of the animal referred to in The Guardian as “California’s Dog Mayor.” The first crew consisted of two film students from Notre Dame University in Indiana, Riley Mandell and Ben Bailey, who are…
A regional task force charged with stopping the spread of the Goldspotted oak borer across county lines and developing coordinated response plans is forming in Southern California …