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Members of the American Legion Post 800 Honor Guard stand at attention and the crowd salutes the flag during Monday’s Memorial Day service. Photo by Tracy Maholland















The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership next presentation is at 10 a.m. Monday, June 10, in the Idyllwild Arts campus’ Fireside Room in Nelson Dining Hall. Faith Raiguel will share her lifelong commitment to the arts. The series is open to all at no charge. Raiguel will speak about her lifelong…
Idyllwilders may know Kathy Harmon-Luber for her art deer in front of the bank, her fine art photography, her participation in the Art Alliance and other community groups, or her performances as a flutist. She has now published a book, “Suffering to Thriving,” based on her own experiences with health challenges and self-healing. TC: “The…
Idyllwild School has a new reading intervention teacher. This is Inh Chomthanath’s first year as a reading teacher, but she has 13 years experience as a classroom teacher. This is also Chomthanath’s first year with the Hemet Unified School District (HUSD). She moved to California from North Carolina to be closer to her husband’s mother,…
As part of the remembrance of the five fallen firefighters, the San Jacinto Ranger District honored the firefighters who took part in the immediate rescue and recovery effort on that day.
Last Saturday afternoon, during a time unlike any we’ve seen and under a “Stay-at-Home” order, I met Lori Brookes at the base of Deer Springs Trail. Nature is still one of the few places we are still “allowed” to go. We maintained “social distancing,” a term that has quickly become a way of life. As…
Idyllwild CinemaFest Director Stephen Savage premieres his latest feature film, “Vertical,” as a special festival event on Saturday, Jan. 12, at the fourth year of the festival he founded. “It’s the final film in my Idyllwild trilogy,” said Savage, whose previous features “Cosmic Radio” (2007) and “Legacy” (2010) were also shot on location here.