Mountain Disaster Preparedness is offering a Medical Talk on Burns on Thursday April 2. Dr Richard Yocum, MD, WFR and Lisa Sabala, BSN, RN will discuss topics including initial evaluation and first aid, estimating burn depth and surface area, and when to evacuate or refer a burn patient. Thursday April 2, 4:40-5:45 p.m. at Idyllwild…
Lynn Eodice of the Idyllwild Garden Club shared this with us: The Idyllwild Garden Club will hold its first general meeting of the season on Wednesday, April 1st at the Idyllwild Nature Center, 25225 Highway 243. It’s a potluck, and the garden club board will supply chili and soups. If you’re a member, you’re encouraged…
This year, as the Idyllwild Arts Academy celebrates 80 years of arts education in Idyllwild, the Native American Arts program is offering a special season of lectures, an extension of the annual Kabootie Lectures into a four-month series. The first installment, in January, retold the story of Native American Arts on the campus from its…...
On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at approximately 7:05 a.m., a silver 2006 Honda Insight was being driven by a 27-year-old female from Palm Desert, CA, and was driving southbound on SR-371, south of Homestead Rd. A 56-year-old male from Aguanga, CA, was driving a black 2016 Toyota Tacoma north on SR-371 south of Homestead Rd…....
One of the main ways that MAST members keep our communities safe are fuel reduction projects, also known as Vegetation Management Projects. At the March meeting, Chuck Weisbart of Mountain Community Patrol made the point that the community does not know how well they are being protected. The network of fuel breaks that surround the…...
On the evening of Friday night, March 13, an RSO helicopter was called for a patient on the Ernie Maxwell Trail in “full arrest,” i.e. without vital signs. The copter hovered but did not lift the patient, who was extracted by Idyllwild Fire Protection District and taken by ambulance to the Keenwild Helipad. A Reach…...
Hill resident Jon Zorn has launched an app to help students learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The app, BJJ flash cards, uses a series or “deck” of video flash cards, each of which teaches a different move. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a self defense system, martial art, and combat sport that includes many wrestling or grappling techniques. Zorn…...
Lately, some locals have begun sporting colorful jackets proclaiming their membership in the Idyllwld Curling Club. The sport was much in the news lately with the Winter Olympics victory of the Canadian teams. The Swedish team’s accusations of cheating added an element of intrigue to a sport few Americans follow. Club president Rick Caughman, who…...
Posters from Riverside Sheriff’s Office and private missing person advocate groups have been circulating online asking for assistance in locating Jennifer Susan Stoltzfus, whose last reported locations included Pine Cove and Hemet. Jennifer Stoltzfus is described as 34 years old, 6’1”, 120 pounds, blonde hair and blue eyes. The earliest posters said she was seen…...
The Town Crier has a few updates regarding the two “manhunt” incidents on Saturday night, February 21, and the afternoon of Monday the 23rd. Both incidents brought multiple RSO units and a sheriff’s helicopter to search for a suspicious person Saturday night and an assailant on Monday. On both occasions the helicopter warned residents to…...
