

Photo by John Drake
Local students join nationwide walkout
By Idyllwild Town Crier
On Friday, April 20, dozens of Idyllwild Arts Academy students walked from the campus to Village Center in Idyllwild in support of gun control on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting. Here they are passing Idyllwild School, where students were in front of the school also participating in the national “walk-out.”


Back in the mid-1990s, Huell Howser made his way into the San Jacinto wilderness to explore the wonders that many didn’t know existed. The American television personality who hosted “California’s Gold,” a human interest show produced by KCET in Los Angeles for California PBS stations, adventured through the Sunshine State to shed light on the…
A single person attended the latest Mountain Emergency Service Committee meeting. But Kathleen Henderson, the Riverside County emergency services coordinator for the mountain, briefly discussed the county’s plans to help residents on the Hill and throughout the county prepare for the impending El Niño event. (See other story, this page.) The county’s new Emergency Management…
On October 25 at 3:00 p.m., Soboba Casino will attempt to break the “Guinness World Records” record for the most people simultaneously panning for gold. Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush star, Parker Schnabel, will be on hand for a meet and greet from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. following the event. Participants will be selected in a…
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On Friday afternoon the Idyllwild Town Crier contacted the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) to see if the department had new information regarding the area’s four missing people: Dia Abrams, Rosario Garcia, Roy Prifogle and Melissa Lane. New information regarding the property of Abrams has surfaced. According to CBS Channel 8 out of San Diego,…
The Common Core standards will be the subject of a forum on Nov. 4. Hemet Unified School District began implementing the Common Core State Standards this year and will discuss and explain them to parents and the community next month. Since 2010, 45 states have adopted the same standards for English and math. These standards…