Kettle’s Still Steaming
By Sam Markus
In an era when small-town diners are polished into theme restaurants, the Red Kettle has refused the makeover. It reads less like a destination than a constant — a place that has outlasted trends by simply remaining itself. This year marks its 100th anniversary. In 1926, it began as an ice cream saloon with a…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission accepted its 2012-13 audit and decided to seek a new auditing firm at the board’s April 8 meeting. Before discussing the district’s financial condition, which continues to deteriorate, Fire Chief Patrick Reitz said, “I want to publicly admonish RAMS [Rogers, Anderson, Malody and Scott, LLP, the district’s auditors since…
Ninety thousand dead oaks, killed off since the Goldspotted oak borer was discovered in 2004 in San Diego County, is no small problem …
Sarah Wales was born and raised and is still living in Temecula. But she is now Idyllwild School’s new Resource Specialist. With an undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of California, San Diego, and teaching certification from Cal State University San Bernardino, Wales has always taught within the Hemet Unified School District system. …
Mara Schoner of Idyllwild Forest Health Project and Mountain Communities Mutual Aid shared news of a visit MCMA members to Supervisor V Manuel Perez at his office in La Quinta. Robert and Karin Greenwood, members of MCMA’s Steering Committee, and volunteer Steve McElfresh, presented the supervisor with a piece of art by local artist Audrey…...
The Summit Fire in Banning is burning north of Interstate 10 in the hills above the 8th street exit. As of Wednesday morning, about 3,000 acres had burned, some evacuations have already been ordered at the top of 8th Street and on Indian School Lane. Some outbuildings and a structure have been destroyed. The fire…
IWD water quality Three months after April Fools’ Day, the Idyllwild Water District announced to customers, “Our water system recently exceeded a drinking water standard. Although this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what you should do, what happened, and what we are doing to correct this situation.”…
