On Sunday, Nov. 15,  four Idyllwild residents raced in the Geico Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in Las Vegas with about 50,000 runners. From left, with their times, are Cheryl Vladika (3:32:12), Mila Davis (2:58:36), Annie Brook (2:12:32) and Chris Davis (2:58:34). Annie said she and her fiance, the late Scott Foster, used to run together…

Idyllwild’s own Casey Abrams and gal pal Haley Reinhart, both American Idol season 10 finalists, are releasing a holiday single, the Frank Loesser standard, “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” Available for download on iTunes on Monday, Nov. 21, with a video to follow. Advance reviews are that it’s “too cute for words.” To get a listing…

Karina Li, the daughter of Anna-Karin Li of Idyllwild, has been named to the Dean’s List of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., for academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2013-14 school year. A graduate of Idyllwild Arts Academy, Li is a senior at Macalester last fall. To be eligible for the Dean’s…

“The Kind of Girl” is the winner of the seventh-annual Rose Metal Press Short Short Chapbook Contest. The author is Idyllwild Arts Academy teacher Kim Henderson, right, who originally is from New Mexico and is a graduate of the University of Montana’s master of fine arts program. Henderson’s work has appeared in Tin House, Cutbank,…