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Students at Idyllwild School learned about the benefits and “super powers” of fruits and vegetables from Farmer Kaito Friday morning, Sept 4, at Idyllwild School. Here, fifth and sixth graders pick out what fruits and vegetables they want after learning all about them from Farmer Kaito.

Kicking off Idyllwild’s gardening season (Yes! … It is time to think tomatoes) the Idyllwild Garden Club invites everyone to their annual March Soup-er meeting, noon, Tuesday, March 5 at the Community Presbyterian Church, 54400 N. Circle Dr., door on lower level. A hot buffet of soups, breads and desserts will be followed by our…
The Rotary Club of Idyllwild is all-in on fire prevention with their latest project, “Great Abate.” Designed to enhance fire safety in the community, the initiative targets residents who cannot clear hazardous overgrowth around their properties due to circumstances like age, disability, or financial hardship. Rotarian Ygnacio “Nacho” Garcia, also a field supervisor for the…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Aug. 12 to 18. Idyllwild • Aug. 12 — Alarm call, 10:06 p.m., 26000 block of St. Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy. • Aug. 13 — Check the welfare, 2:05 p.m., 53000 block of Pine Crest Ave. Handled…
The official name for Proposition 1 is the “Constitutional right to reproductive freedom.” The California Legislature initiated a proposal to amend the state constitution to give individuals the sole right to decide their reproductive actions — whether that is contraceptives to prevent conception or to terminate after conception. The actual language of the proposed amendment…
A single-vehicle driving-under-the-influence with passengers on Highway 243, a motorcycle crash on Highway 74 at the bottom of the Hill, and a single-vehicle crash on Highway 74 near Lake Hemet were the Hill incidents reported by the California Highway Patrol for the week beginning Wednesday, April 20. At 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 22, Jolene White,…
Capt. Scot Collins, Hemet Station commander of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, was prepared from experience for policing the mountain communities during the Mountain Fire that began Monday, July 15, in Mountain Center. That experience and the plans the Mountain Area Safety Taskforce formulated helped direct evacuation, kept the community residences and businesses safe from…