PHOTOS: Last Week in Idyllwild: June 4, 2015
Idyllwild Arts Academy sophomore Alex Bishop, creative writing major, is the next speaker at the academy-sponsored Idy Talks. The series is part of IAA’s “Art in Society” program designed to foster students’ commitment to using their art to contribute to society. Alex’s talk is timely. She just won a prestigious national award from the Poetry…
The Valentine’s Day storm that dumped historic levels of rain with accompanying wind and snow, caused massive damage to Hill infrastructure closing two of the main arteries into Idyllwild — highways 243 and 74. Continued post-Feb. 14 rain and snow complicated Caltrans’ efforts to repair both roads, causing setbacks that, until Monday, Feb. 18, caused…
Marshall Hawkins — musician, educator, mentor … Idyllwild icon. His contributions to the lives of others are legendary. Student after student, year after year, his accolades amass. What they’ve learned from him about music, jazz, character — life in general — would fill a thousand films. The life work of a rare few is preserved…
60 years ago – 1956 Local Forest Service firefighters had a harrowing close call as they fought a 10,500-acre inferno after a jet crashed in the San Bernardino Mountains. A crew, trapped on a ridge as the fire roared from three sides, laid down in a ditch and sweated it out as searing flames leaped…
The Hemet Unified School District (HUSD) held its Honor Band performance at Hemet High School this past Saturday. A total of 170 students from multiple schools throughout the district were handpicked by faculty and staff. The selected students were divided into three groups — elementary, middle and high school. All 170 students, ranging from grades…