Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Aug. 12 to 18. Idyllwild • Aug. 12 — Alarm call, 10:06 p.m., 26000 block of St. Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy. • Aug. 13 — Check the welfare, 2:05 p.m., 53000 block of Pine Crest Ave. Handled…
Adult Coed Softball Town Hall Sports Coordinator Mike Holato gave this report on recent Adult Coed Softball games. In a week of double headers, Patty Perez defeated Forest Lumber 16-6 and Creekstone defeated Ajax 12-6. Forest Lumber and Idyllwild Arts split a double header, Forest Lumber winning the first game 14-9 and Idyllwild Arts winning…
70 years ago – 1948 At long last, a suitable place was found for a mountain branch of the county library — a small building on the Fern Valley Lodge property. Volunteer librarians were being sought. 65 years ago – 1953 Sierra Club members of the rock-climbing division again tackled Tahquitz Rock. Several new routes…
By Betsy Schwartz Vice President, Public Education and Strategic Initiatives National Council for Behavioral Health As wildfires burn throughout California — making this the worst fire season in years — firefighters on the frontlines are working around the clock to beat back racing infernos. It’s difficult for most of us to imagine the destruction they…
The Idyllwild Library is one of the oldest and most respected institutions on the Hill and staff and volunteers there are proud to celebrate its 100th anniversary July 27, 2020. They are planning a series of community events leading up to that date and they have at least 100 ways you can help make the…
Saturday afternoon, Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kramer announced new safe, closed-campus rules that began the first day of school on Monday that will prevent parents and others from entering campus without checking in the main office. Parents were allowed to enter campus on the first day in the morning, but exiting rules began in the…
Editor: I am a “flatlander” and frequent visitor to Idyllwild. On Aug. 12, 2018, I walked from a downtown restaurant to my friend’s home on the south end of town. I passed the billboard in front of the fire station that announced that the fire danger was “very high.” A half-mile down the road I…
Editor: To wish all the residents well as Idyllwild recovers from the Cranston Fire, we’d like to share the story of our experience with Ambassador Sully. Idyllwild is justly famous for being a dog-friendly town, but we also found it to be a friendly dog resort. Our party of four met Chris and her dog,…
Editor: We discovered the bees swarming in our backyard on Sunday, Aug. 5. There were hundreds of them flying wildly below the branches of a cedar tree. Knowing that bees are so endangered, we watched through the evening hoping they would move on. Monday morning, I discovered a small blob of bees in the branches….
