
Photo by John Drake


Photo by John Drake
PHOTOS: Idyllwild Area Historical Society Home Tour
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Over the next few weeks, the Idyllwild Scholarship Fund board is requesting community donations to support scholarships for area 2022 high school graduates.The Idyllwild Scholarship Fund goes back to 1969 when three students were awarded “scholarships.” One was for $250, another for $100, and one student received a dictionary. In April 2021, six high school…
On Thursday, July 21 City Beat, lays down the law with its hard-hitting horn section and popping percussion at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series (ISCS). The band, composed of serving and retired law enforcement officers (plus a couple ringers), found its target with last summer’s Idyllwild audience with a playlist of Chicago, Tower of Power,…
Pete “Pedro” Anderson, a much-loved Idyllwild musician, storyteller and artist, died suddenly and unexpectedly from the rapid onset of massive pneumonia. According to his sister Sue Anderson, Pete had played local gigs only days before he died. Friend Rick Barker said he was in fine voice and ebullient spirits at a recent Higher Grounds engagement….
Idyllwild, August and music, whether it’s word association, a recipe or a formula, the combination always results in the Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines. It is only two weeks until the 21st Annual Jazz in the Pines opens the gates and music blares over our mountain Saturday morning, Aug. 16. This year, the festival will…
An alternative school, known at various times as Hi-Lo Alternative and at others as LIFE (learn in freedom education), celebrates a 40th class reunion at noon Saturday, July 23. The reunion will be held at Hurkey Creek campground, according to organizer Kathie Beale. The school started in 1973 with 41 students from Idyllwild (high elevation)…
When longtime Hill residents gather around the campfire and tell tales of Idyllwild banking, they always mention, with awe and reverence, the name of Jeri Sue Haney, recently retired branch manager at PNC Bank. She first came to the Hill in the mid-1970s. She began her career when our local bank was called San Diego…