On the evening of Wednesday, June 17, a male was hiking in the San Jacinto Mountains with his four grandchildren, ages 6, 10, 12 and 17, and they became lost. Fortunately, he found a cellular signal on his phone that allowed him to call his spouse and alert her of their condition. The family immediately…

After nearly a year of small group meetings, and several months of Community Dialogue meetings, Idyllwild community members are forming three groups to promote community cohesiveness, community safety, tolerance and better understanding of existing divisions within the greater population. The Community Dialogue meetings came about in response to a number of hate crimes that began…