The Idyllwild Area Historical Society (IAHS) will hold its annual Idyllwild home tour, “A Timeline of Treasures,” from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16. Six homes will be on the tour, taking visitors from early 20th century cabins to mid-century moderns and beyond, and from careful preservation to imaginative remodeling. The tour is…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report on the helicopter crash that took the lives of Cal Fire Assistant Chief and Idyllwild native Josh Bischof, Cal Fire Capt. Tim Rodriguez and contract pilot Tony Souza. The crash occurred while Bischof and Rodriguez were responding to the Broadway Fire, near Cabazon, Sunday…
The family of Idyllwild resident Earlie Mae Brosterhous is preparing to celebrate her 99th birthday, which will occur Thursday, Sept. 14. Although census figures are a little vague, she may be our oldest resident. The Crier spoke with Earlie Mae and her son Gary this week to find out more about her life and times….
Phyllis Mueller’s “office of Mayor Max” will celebrate the first birthday of Mayor Max III and Vice Mayor Meadow from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9. Mountain Paws will host the party and the public, human and four-legged, is invited. Mueller promises a lively time: VIPs both human (Leonard Purvis, formerly captain of Riverside…
Idyllwild Water District (IWD) held its monthly board of directors meeting Wednesday, Aug. 16. Ratepayer David Hunt presented a letter outlining complaints. He claimed that the water bill for an unoccupied house had gone up by $50 with the new rates that went into effect last month. He did not provide any evidence to back…
Local resident Richard Montaño spent time last week in front of the post office doing his part to help survivors of Maui’s historic and devastating fires. He has some personal history in Maui and his son, Dylan, lives just outside Lahaina with his wife Rachel and their two children; a daughter who will soon be…
Idyllwild’s 2023 Summer Concert Series (ISCS) concludes Thursday night, Aug. 31, with The Blue Breeze Band at 7 p.m. Opening at 6:05 p.m. will be local singer/songwriter Terry Jo Stratton, accompanied by Lenny Hansell. This is the second year ISCS founder Ken Dahleen has stretched the season to nine shows. The Blue Breeze Band perform…
Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert Series (ISCS) continues with the USMC Division 1 Concert Band this Thursday, Aug. 17, and next week, on Aug. 24, Nathan James opens for Lisa Lynn and the Broken Hallelujahs. The Aug. 17 concert will not begin at 7 p.m., as stated in last week’s Crier. At 4:30 p.m, series producer…
Since spring 2021, surface water has been flowing along Tollgate Road and down Lake Lane, pooling at the intersection of Lake and Meadow. Residents have said the water appeared after a neighbor, improving a carport, did some concrete work. The excavation appeared to have struck underground water creating an artesian spring. The water emerges on…
Editor’s update: The Marine band on 8/17, Fritz Coleman is on at 5:30 p.m. and the band starts at 6 p.m. Dahleen is playing a recording of last year’s Marine Band performance from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert Series (ISCS) at the Butterfield Amphitheater continues Thursday, Aug. 17, with another tradition, the…
