Idyllwild Youth Grantmakers awarded $3,500 last week to four local nonprofits. Above right, the 2015 Youth Grantmaker award recipients are Michelle Johnson, for the Idyllwild School Booster Club, Sandy Wampler, for the Friends of San Jacinto Mountain County Parks, Antje Banks, for the Idyllwild Garden Club, and Rachel Teeguarden, for the San Jacinto Mountain Community Center.

A tech-savvy baby who touts mail-in balloting is the star of a new Registrar of Voters video aimed at increasing the number of Riverside County residents who vote by mail. The video can be viewed at http://youtube.y_S5ok51tqM, or below. Verjil hopes the light-hearted message, reminiscent of the E-Trade Baby commercials, will hook residents’ attention about…

An Idyllwild man was released from the Southwest Detention Center June 1 after serving a year in jail for conviction in February of four felony charges. Sentencing Thursday, May 26, in Riverside County Superior Court included one year in jail and two years probation. “The defendant had credit for time served of 353 days (177…