After five years, including two years at the Quiet Creek Inn, the Idyllwild Living Room Gallery at 54300 N. Circle Dr. is closing next month in mid-October. Until then the gallery will be offering all fine art and craft pieces at sale-discounted pricing. Owner Mike Ahern plans to move back to his family community of…
Brendan Steele finished up this PGA Tour season at the Deutche Bank Championship, the second of the four FedExCup post-season playoff tournaments. His general stats were a bit off his usual, especially strokes gained tee to green, which gave strokes back to the field. He posted a 1-under-par 74-71-69-69 — 283, which tied for 50th…
Colleen Booth Meyer is now heading the Pumpkin Carnival for Idyllwild School’s Booster Club in place of Kari Arnson who has moved off the Hill. All who would like to help may contact Meyer at the Idyllwild HELP Center at 951-659-2110.
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will close for its annual maintenance period Monday, Sept. 8. The reopening is tentatively scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. Maintenance projects this year include exchanging a tram car’s carriage (done every six years); load testing; emergency system testing; and cleaning, refurbishing and painting various locations throughout the Valley…
Sunday morning, Aug. 31, an injured hiker was rescued near Lunch Rock on Tahquitz Rock. The adult female injured her hip in a fall. Cal Fire and Riverside County Fire Department helicopter 301 hoisted the hiker out of the park and flew her to Keenwild helibase. From there, Idyllwild Fire Department transported her to a…
The 21st Jazz in the Pines festival is history and another demonstration of the multiple talents residing on the Hill. Not only of artists and musicians, but of individuals with other talents and skills able and willing to produce a jazz fest of this stature year after year who reside here, too. “The festival was…
It was those amazing eyes, Wally, and your charm that helped you wiggle right into your new owner’s arms. Paws up for Wally and his new digs. And it looks like Lily and Lulu are in their forever homes, too. So that leaves Mr. Archie all alone and wondering, “What about me?” Archie is learning…
