The Idyllwild Master Chorale, under the direction of Dwight “Buzz” Holmes, will finish their fiftieth season with their Maytime Spring Jubilee at Stephens Recital Hall on the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus. The wide glass doors will be open to allow seating indoors or outdoors. The music will include settings of poems by Robert Frost by…...
On May 8, just before Mother’s Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a first-in-the-nation program to provide free diapers to all new babies born in California. The State will be in partnership with Baby2Baby to help new mothers in the beginning of their child’s infancy. Beginning this summer, every newborn delivered in a participating California hospital…...
Our Correspondent and news editor JP Crumrine requested interviews with the candidates who will appear on the June 2 primary ballot. Many agreed. The following candidates responded: United States Congress district 48: Jim Desmond, Brandon Riker, Marni von Wilpert. Riverside County Supervisor District 4: V Manuel Perez and Steve Sanchez. State Assembly District 47: Jason…
A Hermosa Beach Couple visited our office this week to tell us about a 2001 hike with their two golden retrievers that ended with what was reported at the time as the first hoisting rescue by one of Riverside Sheriff Office’s then-new high elevation helicopters. Alan and Mary Ann Benson had hiked the South Ridge…
The entire Idyllwild and Pine Cove area, as well as parts of Mountain Center, were without electricity starting just after noon on Wednesday, May 13, with over 800 customers in Idyllwild waiting until after midnight for service to resume. David Eisenhauer, media information officer with Southern California Edison, provided these details about the outages. There…
There is a social structure in Idyllwild that operates just beneath the surface. It is not widely recognized, but it is quietly enforced. At the top, of course, is Mayor Max. He is greeted by throngs of adoring fans. Photographed often. Conversations pause for him. Couples gush. Children approach with the kind of reverence usually…...
The owners of Lily’s, David and Jennifer Bradish provided an update after their grand opening on April 23. Lily’s is a complete reimagining of the space at Fern Valley Corners that for many decades has been a staple of Idyllwild’s hospitality and entertainment scene. Dave tells us that Julia & Jillian Graham are managing the…...
Idyllwild Water District General Manager Bill Rojas confirmed to the Town Crier that he has sent the contract for design of the replacement for their aging wastewater treatment plant to the district’s legal counsel. Former director Peter Szabadi attended the meeting and asked if the contract had been vetted by legal counsel and pointed to…...
On Arbor Day, Friday April 24, volunteers from the Friends of the San Jacinto Mountain County Parks and Nature Center Site Supervisor Allison Fedrick put on a three-ring circus of natural science for the students of Bubbling Wells Elementary School in Desert Hot Springs and their chaperones. Later, there was a tree planting of a…...
The final installment of this year’s IAA Native American Arts programs Kabotie lectures brought six members of local tribes to the Krone Library for a program titled Land, Language, Family – Cahuilla Continuance, Cultural and Land Stewardship. NAA program Executive Director Shaliya Ben, in her opening remarks, said that the talks were an attempt to…...
