Idyllwild Garden Club Garden of the Month: Double Take on Doubleview
By David Jerome
Before you approach the breathtaking views of Inspiration Point, you’ll reach a knoll tucked away on your left at 52507 Doubleview. Dave Lillyholm’s mostly native and drought tolerant garden on the Banana Belt is a stone landscaped masterpiece with stunning views of the valley below. What’s compelling in bloom right now this late fall season…
According to California Highway Patrol Public Information Darren Meyer, there was one solo non-injury crash last week. AT 4:10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, Sean Alexander, 33, of Hemet, was driving his 1991 Chevy pick-up truck westbound on Highway 74 west of McCall Park Road in Mountain Center, when he made an unsafe turning movement. The…
Nearly a third of an inch of rain fell on the Hill between 4 and 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 6. Through Monday morning, the Keenwild Ranger Station had recorded about two-thirds of an inch of rain since July 1. It’s not much and shy of July’s normal rain paucity of 0.7 inches and another 0.78…
Design guidelines for the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District are available online at www.rivcoparks.org/2012/05/01/idyllwild-historic-preservation-district-design-guidelines-drafts. This is the final draft of design guidelines that will govern maintenance, additions and remodels of historic district structures within the Idyllwild North Circle business core that forms the major part of the district. A meeting to present those guidelines and explain…
State of the Union, State of the State and now State of the District — Hemet Unified School District, to be specific. On Oct. 12, HUSD Superintendent Christie Barrett and her staff presented to a large group of stakeholders their view of the state of HUSD. More than 100 people who attended were Hemet residents…
Highway 243 was the scene of two collisions over the weekend. At 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, Barbara Lynch, 74, of Winnetka, California, was driving her 2012 black VW Jetta south on Highway 243 when she hit something and ran off the road, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer. Lynch sustained…
“The governor’s budget proposal reflects a budget situation that is even better than our estimates,” wrote the Legislative Analyst’s Office in its comments on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2019-20 budget proposal, which was released Jan. 10. The LAO noted that the majority of the $20.6 billion of increased spending was being proposed for debt repayment, reserves…
