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Photo by J.P. Crumrine





A desert man crashed his vehicle on Highway 74 last week. At 6:25 a.m. Saturday, May 13, Ernest Pacheco, 26, of Cathedral City, was driving his black 2015 Chevrolet Cruz westbound 1,000 feet west of May Valley Road on Highway 74, when he made an unsafe turning movement to the left, crossed the double-yellow lines…
Last week, middle-school and secondary-school students took time out of the classroom to express their support for gun legislation. The walkout was for 17 minutes, one for each of the student and faculty victims at the Parkland, Florida, shooting. The nationwide event did not pass by Idyllwild. Students at both the Idyllwild Arts Academy and…
National Dogs in Politics Day is Sept. 23 and PETCO will direct attention to Idyllwild’s Mayor Max. Blake Del Hoya, of PETCO, came to Idyllwild Monday, Sept. 9 to interview and prepare a video of the mayor, his deputies and his staff, Phyllis Mueller and Glenn Warren. The video will be released on PETCO’s Instagram…
Last week the 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission released its proposed final maps for the 52 congressional, 40 state Senate, 80 Assembly and four board of equalization districts. The commission was going to accept public comment for three days before submitting the final maps to the California Secretary of State. “We have reached the finish…
This unusually colored Brewer’s blackbird was eating seeds with the rest of its flock on Sunday, Aug. 14. Brewer’s blackbirds are usually all black.
On Wednesday May 20, CAL FIRE/Riverside County Firefighters, in cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and The Nature Conservancy will conduct a prescribed burn of 99 acres on the Santa Rosa Plateau. The burn is necessary to eliminate non-native grasses and weeds from the Burro Mesa plot and the Colorado plot on…