
Valana Marcus, an eighth grader at Idyllwild School, was chosen student of the week for always doing her personal best.
Photo by Jay Pentrack
Student of the Week
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Valana Marcus, an eighth grader at Idyllwild School, was chosen student of the week for always doing her personal best.
Photo by Jay Pentrack
It’s spring. Flowers are blooming and the leaves of trees are starting to form and uncurl. It’s time for a community meeting to hear about the Goldspotted oak borer. The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council is holding just such a meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Idyllwild Nature Center. This is the…
70 years ago – 1948 The Banning Water Company reported that 10 inches of surface water was added to its supply after the Dec. 4 6.4-magnitude earthquake. Officials weren’t certain whether it was due to the quake or the storm. 65 years ago – 1953 Efren Reveles, U.S. Forest Service foreman in Idyllwild, was stunned…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission focused mostly on house-cleaning business during its latest session last week. At the request of Commissioner Jerry Buchanan, the commission added the issue of a standing committee for labor negotiations to the Feb. 12 agenda. For third time, the commission had to establish a committee for negotiations and labor…
By Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center President With the advent of fall, it’s time to welcome back two traditional mountain community events, both of which the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) puts on. The first is Idyllwild’s annual Great Pumpkin Carnival. Door-to-door trick-or-treating isn’t done on the Hill, with no sidewalks, few streetlights and many second homes….
At the Oct 18 meeting of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, Ordinance 927.1 (Regulating Short Term Rentals [STRs]) and Ordinance 671.22 (Consolidated fees for land use) were again on the agenda as well as the report due pursuant to Ordinance 449.251 (the STR moratorium). And more will come at the Oct. 25 board meeting….
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Feb. 4 to 11, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Feb. 6 — Medical aid, Marion View Drive, Idyllwild. Feb. 6 — Medical aid, Tollgate Road, Idyllwild. Feb. 6 — Walk-in medical aid. Feb. 7 — Traffic collision, Highway 243 at Lake…