Editor:
I appreciate you, Jack, for your eloquent contribution to the difference between a free press and silly rants about “fake news.”
Diann Coate
Idyllwild
Readers Write: To a free press
By Idyllwild Town Crier

Editor:
I appreciate you, Jack, for your eloquent contribution to the difference between a free press and silly rants about “fake news.”
Diann Coate
Idyllwild
So many of us living in California came from other states or regions — in many cases from other countries. Most of us have special memories of foods we ate as a child that only our grandmothers could prepare, or perhaps our parents could prepare. When times changed and many homes had two working breadwinners,…
Editor: You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth. This is my own opinion. Demand one water district on this mountain. If you pretend to care, just talk about it every few years. If you really care, demand it. It’s not hard to understand it. Paying three times for everything means you don’t care….
70 years ago – 1952The Kretsingers wrote from Nebraska, very homesick for Idyllwild.• • •The congregation of the Community Church accepted Rev. Donald D. Warner’s resignation. 65 years ago – 1957A well-organized search party covered a great deal of rough country between the Stone Creek and Pine Cove areas. They found a lost boy, Timothy…
65 years ago – 1947 Game Warden Cliff Donham was double-crossed by the very squirrels he protected. When investigating his car’s lack of power, it was revealed that squirrels had been stuffing the exhaust pipe with acorns and nuts. 60 years ago – 1952 There was a flurry of new construction in the village. Next…
A few months back at a Mountain communities Fire Safe Council board meeting, we discussed putting together some questions to present to our local government forester. We titled this document, “Questions to Shape Education.” The thought was to obtain answers on the correlation between the continuing drought and maintaining a healthy forest. Below are our…
After working as a volunteer with one of the organizations that helps with the 4th of July celebration for many years, I thought I might pass along some unofficial hints that might help some Idyllwilders enjoy the holiday even more. 1. If you live in Fern Valley, plan on using Lodge and South Circle to…