The Friends of the Idyllwild Library have announced that they recently ordered the 100th new book that they will donate to the library. The Friends, an all-volunteer 501(c)(3), arrange many of the educational and entertaining presentations that the library hosts every weeks, run the self-serve used book store in the library, and purchase books to…...
The Tokens will headline the second installment of Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert Series tonight, Thursday, July 9, with Sandii Castleberry and Lily McCabe opening. The music starts at 6:05 p.m., with the headliners taking the stage at 7:00 p.m. The Tokens are the doo-wop greats remembered for “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and original tunes like…...
On Sunday, June 28, a pair of stranded climbers were rescued from the West Lark route on Tahquitz Rock by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s helicopter. High winds at elevation made the mission too dangerous for even RSO’s twin-engine Airbus H145 known as Rescue 9. “LA Sheriff Air 5 was subsequently requested to conduct the…...
Pine Cove residents have reported that water was leaking near a Pine Cove Water District main, just past CAL FIRE Station 23, where Caltrans is working on the Highway 243 Mill and Overlay project. PCWD General Manager tells us “While repaving, a leak was discovered and brought to our attention. We are aware of it…...
Many local residents had a hard time getting home from Palm Desert on Tuesday afternoon, when an estimated 20 minute delay for construction turned into a hard closure until after midnight, as Highway 74 between Pinyon Crest and Highway 371 became a crime scene. One reader tells us that they saw a tow truck attempt…...
On the evening of Thursday, June 4, with about 60% of the ballots counted, the California Secretary of State’s election result portal (electionresults.sos.ca.gov) was reporting the following results from the June 2 primary election voting: The likely contests that voters will see in November are: Governor: Steve Hilton vs Xavier Becerra US Congress: Jim Desmond vs Marni von Wilpert State Assembly: Greg Wallis vs…
The Idyllwild Master Chorale, under the direction of Dwight “Buzz” Holmes, will finish their fiftieth season with their Maytime Spring Jubilee at Stephens Recital Hall on the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus. The wide glass doors will be open to allow seating indoors or outdoors. The music will include settings of poems by Robert Frost by…...
Our Correspondent and news editor JP Crumrine requested interviews with the candidates who will appear on the June 2 primary ballot. Many agreed. The following candidates responded: United States Congress district 48: Jim Desmond, Brandon Riker, Marni von Wilpert. Riverside County Supervisor District 4: V Manuel Perez and Steve Sanchez. State Assembly District 47: Jason…
A Hermosa Beach Couple visited our office this week to tell us about a 2001 hike with their two golden retrievers that ended with what was reported at the time as the first hoisting rescue by one of Riverside Sheriff Office’s then-new high elevation helicopters. Alan and Mary Ann Benson had hiked the South Ridge…
The entire Idyllwild and Pine Cove area, as well as parts of Mountain Center, were without electricity starting just after noon on Wednesday, May 13, with over 800 customers in Idyllwild waiting until after midnight for service to resume. David Eisenhauer, media information officer with Southern California Edison, provided these details about the outages. There…
