Brendan Steele fired a 9-under-par 66-68-73-68 — 275 at the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota, last week for a share of 53rd place. The native Idyllwilder’s drives averaged 307.8 yards while finding 76.79% percent of the fairways, and he hit an excellent 84.72% percent of the greens in regulation. Putting hurt, though, as he averaged…
The estimated 90-foot tall Sequoia tree at Community Presbyterian Church on the northeast corner of North Circle Drive and Cedar Street came down Tuesday. The tree had been dying for quite some time, and Southern California Edison retained Pino Tree Service of Idyllwild to bring it down. According to Mike Zambrana of Pino, the base of…
U.S. Attorney cures previous filing error On June 19, in a somewhat tersely written order, Judge Otis D. Wright II, United States District judge for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, chastised the parties for failing to submit a joint status report on June 10, as previously ordered, and threatened to dismiss their…
Brendan Steele had a good show this week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. He posted a 6-under 71-67-68-68 — 274 for a share of 21st place. On the week, the Native Idyllwilder’s drives averaged 294.5 yards and found 78.5 percent of the fairways, while he hit 70.8 percent of the greens in regulation…
Brendan Steele tees it up again this week in the $7.2 million Travelers Championship on the TPC River Highlands course in Cromwell, Connecticut. The native Idyllwilder will be attempting to turn around a rough season on the PGA Tour. He’ll tee off Thursday at 4:55 a.m. PDT and Friday at 10:10 a.m., PDT, playing both…
The Rotary Club’s 53rd-annual Idyllwild parade will kick off festivities in town on the morning of Thursday, the Fourth of July. Cathy Lopez, organizer of the parade activities, along with Nacho Garcia, relates that the parade will begin at Four Corners in Fern Valley at its usual 10 a.m. starting time. The parade will include…
California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer reported that on Tuesday, June 4, at about 2:20 p.m. a blue 2014 Toyota Prius driven by Idyllwild resident Dorothia Goldfarb, 87, crashed into the mountain side on the northbound 243 about a half-mile south of lower Saunders Meadow Road. The vehicle was travelling at an unknown…
Editor’s note: Jack felt compelled to tell you this story of Floyd so here it is. Back in 2008, Becky and I needed a cat. We live out of town a good ways, surrounded by forest, and we had mice. Our golden retriever-mix, Buddy, wasn’t much of a mouser. I think they’d have to be…
Brendan Steele posted a 1-under-par 71-73-75-68 — 287 at Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament last week. In a double-free performance, he combined 19 birdies with 18 bogeys. His drives averaged 284 yards while finding 67.8 percent of the fairways, while he hit 53 percent of the greens in regulation. On the brighter side, he actually gained…
In July 2013, the Mountain Fire caused the evacuation of much of the Hill. The fire originated on property owned by Tarek M. Al-Shawaf in Mountain Center. It swept northeasterly along the east side of South Ridge and formed a crescent-shaped burn area that surrounded Idyllwild on three sides. Some homes and other structures were…
