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At the newly opened Farley’s Art Supply in Fern Valley, renowned photographer Les Walker (right) is helped by Jacquee Swerdferger to build a homemade light box during his class on photographing artwork, a part of the Art Alliance’s Artist Series, on Saturday.

The 3rd Annual Lemon Lily Festival festivities begin …
Approval of the final Riverside County fiscal 2016-17 budget barely passed last week. The board was divided over approving a lean budget, which still needed reserves to balance, versus more funds to maintain the current level of sheriff’s deputies in the unincorporated area. Since County Executive Office Jay Orr began preparing the budget last winter,…
The Idyllwild Rotary Club has announced road closures beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, July 4, for the Fourth of July Parade. • North Circle Drive at Highway 243. • Pine Crest Avenue at Oakwood Street. • Jameson Drive at Rockdale Drive. • Tahquitz Drive at South Circle Drive. • South Circle Drive at Lodge Road….
Demi Kapler is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail for the first time. She is hiking alone, well almost alone (more to come on that), for a cause that means a lot to her — to bring about a time when there are no more homeless pets and a world in which there is more kindness…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership next presentation is at 10 a.m. Monday, June 10, in the Idyllwild Arts campus’ Fireside Room in Nelson Dining Hall. Faith Raiguel will share her lifelong commitment to the arts. The series is open to all at no charge. Raiguel will speak about her lifelong…
Temple Har Shalom is sponsoring “Embracing Wisdom: Soaring the Second Half of Life” in mid-May, a retreat that promises to reveal the hidden gifts of aging and give tools to harvest them, according to Rabbi Malka Drucker. “While every generation and individual confronts the challenges of aging, those in the second half of life today…