Violin virtuoso and recent Mountain Center resident Farhoud Moshfegh admits, “I collect beautiful instruments in an almost obsessive way. The history of the instruments and their players are etched in their veneer and tell a compelling story of each instrument’s journey. These represent stories I cherish.” Moshfegh’s intriguing journey began in the walled Jewish ghetto…
Café Aroma’s most recent owner, Hubert Halkin said, “It was a time in my life when I was an adventurist, primarily paragliding and hand gliding. Case in point, above Black beach is the UC San Diego chancellor’s home and, as chair of the math department at UC La Jolla [UCSD], I felt it my obligation…
Balance is often a nebulous goal, even for those blessed with a seemingly prescribed life. But its attainment becomes nearly impossible to manage during discordant times for an untrained mind. Stirring experiences such as wildfire evacuations lift personal issues like a river flooding a lake that causes sediment to churn imperceptibly within, inevitably rising visibly…
Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz stopped by the Town Crier late afternoon on Tuesday, Aug. 7, to deliver a personal letter to the editor, Becky Clark, regarding action he’s taken over her concerns for tariff costs levied on newsprint, and an interview to outline current issues beginning to surface post-Cranston Fire. “Today’s purpose was to help…
Any illusion that fire season in the San Jacintos was beginning to wind down was quickly dashed by the last week of July. The unknowable explosion of flames threatening the populated perimeters of our sky island created a slow-motion panic for most residents as we watched the fire grow from afar. Patience and trust would…
The Cranston Fire appeared on the horizon over Inspiration Point at about noon Wednesday, July 25. The community soon learned multiple fires were allegedly started by a single arsonist. Brandon McGlover, 32 of Temecula, was swiftly apprehended and subsequently charged with 15 counts of arson by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. At his arraignment…
Tough circumstances have been known to draw out the best in people stressed and frustrated. Of course, it doesn’t always work. Some of us succumb to internet surfing and obsess with obsequious focus on the very things we don’t want to happen. Case in point, the unavoidable heat in Palm Springs the week Cranston Fire…
Mayor Max II is very happy about the Cranston Fire disaster’s amazing outcome. Firefighters, early responders, hot-shot teams and supporters from the community unified cooperatively to save animals and this made him very happy, too. The mayor reported, “At 3 a.m., we went to the fire line to see how much time we had to…
There are many heroes when disaster strikes in a close-knit community like Idyllwild. Most remain unsung for important acts of courage and generosity beyond the call of self-serving duty. But for the few whose efforts were highly visible, we collected some perspectives. Paul White, owner of the Idyllwild Bake Shop & Brew located in close…
Andrea Bond lost her Deerfoot Lane home to the Cranston Fire sometime Wednesday night, July 25. “It all happened pretty fast, but I remember having a normal morning. I went outside close to noon and saw ash falling, smelled the smoke and noticed my neighbors appeared to be in a panic. I quickly started packing…
