
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
The IAA class of 2015
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The Idyllwild Arts Academy class of 2015 celebrates after they receive their diplomas and turn their tassels. For the first time in history, the school’s senior graduation was moved into IAF Theatre due to inclement weather on Saturday morning.

On Easter night, a large (magnitude 3.4) earthquake occurred about 9 miles west/southwest of Anza and 18 miles east of Temecula. This shake was at about 8 p.m. Almost three hours later at 10:40 p.m., a second smaller (magnitude 2.5) tremor occurred. No injuries or major damage was reported as a result of this quake….
Recent motorcycle fatalities on mountain roads, two within six days, underscore an ongoing problem of irresponsible motorcyclists riding winding roads at unsafe speeds. Three fatalities and nine incidents in less than four months (from Oct. 5, 2014 to Feb. 21, 2015) represent a significant increase over previous years. In 2012, there were 18 motorcycle collisions…
The local review board for the Idyllwild Downtown Historic District convened officially for the first time last week …
Hemet Unified School District was one of nine school districts in the state to receive the U.S. Department of Education’s 2014 School Climate Transformation Grant. The funds were used to support and create multi-tiered behavioral programs for students. With some of these funds, HUSD staff members began implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports into its…
This morning, May 14, a tree broke and fell across power lines and on a trailer in Royal Pines Estates. IdyllwildFire Department was at the scene. No fire or injuries were reported.
Locals, and friends living in the valleys to the west, noticed smoke last week from a prescribed burn. Lee Beyer, USFS Forestry Technician detailed to this district for the project, wrote in answer to an inquiry from the Town Crier that the smoke was from a “prescribed low-intensity burn of the Pine Cove Fuelbreak.” …...