Tonight’s “This is This” conversation will be about local poverty. Mark Yardas, one of the discussion group’s founders, has arranged for several speakers to come and address the presence of poverty within the Idyllwild community. The evening is called “Local Poverty Summit.” Karen Patterson, executive director of the Idyllwild HELP Center, will likely be the…

Despite efforts by the state’s Department of Insurance (DOI) to revisethe rate making policies in California, on March 20, State Farmannounced it would not be renewing more than 70,000 commercial,residential and rental insurance policies in California. And theannouncement emphasized that these actions were only being taken inCalifornia. Less than a year ago, State Farm announced…

In March 2012, Willy Latzo, four-time world champion in Heavyweight Kyokushinkai Full Contact Karate and German boxing champion, opened Idyllwild Fitness Center with promises of full-service gym memberships, new equipment (coming that summer) and a full range of classes. One year later, in March 2013, he posted a notice that the gym was temporarily closed…