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Every kind of animal — dogs, cats, sheep and, in this case, an Akbash, receive individual care and attention at Living Free Animal Sanctuary. Elmo likes the company of sheep better than other dogs so he lives in quiet harmony at the sanctuary surrounded by his woolly friends.



Michael Madrigal leads the ceremony celebrating the Autumnal Equinox in the gardens of Spirit Mountain Retreat. Among the crowd of Idyllwild locals was the featured choral local group Local Color (sitting).
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…
ara Karloff speaks about her father, actor Boris Karloff, to the students of the Sci-Fi Horror class at Idyllwild Arts Academy and local residents last Thursday evening.
Do you have the same feeling that I do; most of the good things in life have come about through serendipity, pure dumb luck. There is no other name for how I met my wife, the center of my life. Stumbling across Idyllwild was similar happenstance. How lucky can one person be? Even luckier, it…
Steve Giove, retiring United States Marine Corps drummer and band leader, brings a septet of veteran USMC musicians to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Whimsically named MCJAM, Marine Corps Jazz Alumni Musicians, the seven take stage at the Butterfield Commons at Strawberry Creek at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 28. Six are USMC veterans and one…