Caltrans’ latest update for the week of October 5 previews work on two locations north of town on drainage culverts. According to their Alert: “Week of October 5th, several daytime work activities with lane closures and flagging /pilot car operations will occur various locations on SR-243 throughout the week between the hours 8 a.m. to…
Idyllwild School students gathered in the gymnasium on September 26 for a presentation by guest speaker Jessie Clark Funk, who brought her “kindness challenge.” Funk’s bio says she has brought her message to over a million kids worldwide through assemblies and at leadership conferences. She is a life coach, holds a B.S. Degree in Psychology…
This Saturday, October 4, is the day for Red Cross of Riverside County’s “Sound the Alarm” free smoke alarm installation and home fire education event in Idyllwild and Pine Cove. The event will be appointment based, so it is vital that residents interested in the program sign up via the website or phone number below. …
The September meeting of the Director of Idyllwild Water District began on a somber note, as President Charles Schelly announced that, at the request of Director Mitch Davis, they would observe a moment of silence to observe the “terrible tragedy” of the shooting death of Charlie Kirk. August water production was Water production at 9,421,651…
The Idyllwild Area Historical Society will host their annual Home Tour this Saturday, September 13. This is the Society’s most important fundraising event of the year, and a rare chance to tour some of Idyllwild’s most interesting homes. IAHS President Ed Warner provided a preview of the five unique homes that will be open that…
Helping Hearts on the Hill is an all-volunteer group that has been delivering meals to local seniors and others weekly since 2020. Lori Ferro, of Ferro Restaurant, described the program to Town Crier videographer Justin Holmes this last week. “We started during Covid. We cook food for just under 50 folks that are housebound in…
Tonight Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert Series will welcome back the always fresh Blue Breeze Band. The Blue Breeze is among the audience favorites that Series founder and producer Ken Dahleen brings back year after year. Guitarist and leader Harold Wherry has assembled a Motown review that covers the gamut of R&B and Soul, with lots…
Author and director Ken Luber says he discovered theater during his freshman year at Ripon college in Wisconsin. In his first sketch for a theater class he found “I like being on stage.” As a sophomore he began to be cast in plays, and from then on it was one after another. Writing also captured…
