Many Idyllwild residents and visitors were surprised by two power outages this weekend. Both were caused by the same incident, felling a tree in the wrong direction. Saturday afternoon, April 7, Southern California Edison reported power was out for two hours to more than 2,300 customers in Idyllwild. Then it was out for about three…

‘No Party Preference’ is growing choice With less than a month before election day, voter registration for this gubernatorial election year is higher than past years with the state’s highest office on the ballot. However, total registration (as of Sept. 7, 2018) of 19.1 million voters is 300,000 fewer than the 19.4 million voters who…