
Photo by Jenny Kirchner


Photos by Jenny Kirchner







Photo by Jenny Kirchner


The week in photos: Jan. 2, 2020
By Idyllwild Town Crier













Recently, the Town Crier ran a photo of Pine Cove resident Jon Bechtel receiving honors for having donated blood 1,000 times over a 50-year period. Bechtel and his wife, Joan, married 54 years, relocated from Arizona to California, where he served for 16 years on the sheriff’s search and rescue team in Big Bear. They…
Over the past weeks, the Classifieds section of the newspaper has run multiple help wanted ads. Layoffs occurred when the state went into lockdown. As businesses open back up, they are looking for staff to fill positions. In last week’s paper alone, there were nine help wanted postings. The week before that five companies had…
Renowned guitarist Kenny Burrell will perform at the 19th Annual Jazz in the Pines. Burrell will appear in the Holmes Amphitheatre at 1:30 p.m, Saturday, Aug. 25, the first day of the festival. Burrell has been a popular and great jazz guitarist since the 1950s. For 60 years, he has entertained jazz fans across…
Each year, Ken Dahleen and the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series board launch their annual eight-concert series without sufficient funds to meet budget. They do it on faith. The series is provided with no charge for admission and relies on the generosity of patrons who deposit dollars and fivers into the ubiquitous donation jars happily passed…
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…
As part of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Art in Society Program, IAA musicians have been mentoring young San Jacinto string players for the last year. The culmination of their year-long mentoring experience takes place at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at Lowman Concert Hall on the IAA campus. The Art in Society program is an…