Nam Park, proprietor of Mile High Restaurant and Cafe, has introduced many locals to Korean food, and now one of her acolytes features in a new documentary about the cuisine’s success in America. Locals go to Mile High not only to eat, but to learn. Nam has been offering Korean cooking lessons featuring a number…
The USFS had provided this information on Tuesday, January 13, about a boulder blocking the dirt road off Tahquitz View Drive to the South Ridge trailhead: A large boulder (approx. 5 ft tall and 10–12 ft wide) is currently blocking vehicle passage on Forest Road 5S11 What you need to know: • Heavy equipment will…...
The Town Crier sat down with Chris Bayer, proprietor of Black Mountain Coffee Roasters, at his new location in the basement of the Owl Pine shop. Bayer opened his first location, in Oakwood Village, now known as Forest Haven, in 2017. The Owl Pine’s basement seems an unlikely spot for a coffee house, but Bayer…...
Work on the Highway 243 Mill and Overlay project has resumed. Caltrans has provided these updates for the week of January 12: The week of January 12th, several daytime work activities with lane closure and flagging/pilot car operations will continue on SR 243 throughout the week between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m….
(Editor’s note: Tina Bourgeois became an advocate for highway safety after the death of her step-son Tristin, who died on October 31, 2024, when a semi pulling two trailers loaded with sand overturned and struck his pickup truck on Highway 74 above Palm Desert. In February of this year, she started a petition on Change.org…
In addition to reviewing four months of regular business at their November meeting, the, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District reviewed the financial audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The time lag, the Chief explained, was due to the retirement of a partner at the auditing firm, C.J. Brown & Co., and the…...
In a brief meeting, the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors approved the policy and the language for announcing its conservation program focused on detecting and eliminating leaks in customers’ pipes. The vote was unanimous, 4-0, with Director Christine Pyo absent. Beginning in 2026, FVWD will initiate a new $150 rebate program for customers…...
This week, the Town Crier spoke with two board members of the Idyllwild Climbers Alliance, a local all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission of preserving, protecting and enhancing the climbing experience in the San Jacinto mountains through conservation, stewardship and education of all who come to experience the unique, historic values of the area. This…
This is busy and exciting time of year for Idyllwild Master Chorale Musical Director Dwight “Buzz” Holmes. He is planning an event that will draw on a half-century of local holiday choral traditions, including classical and popular holiday favorites, newer additions to the canon, and original compositions and arrangements by two generations of Holmeses. “Here…
A reader suggested that the Town Crier invite readers to submit photos of the work of Dore Capitani, the artist whose Mountain Art Garden in Mountain Center served as the gateway to Idyllwild’s art scene. Capitani’s wife Trish Tuley tells us she is planning a memorial for him in spring, and reminds us that Capitani…
